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What is so wrong about "being a Rastafarian"?
Sure, it could very well be that this
person's admitted refusal to check out just what
I am saying led her or him to the idea that I
somehow believe the Ethiopian Emperor to be Jah.
"Don't confuse me with the facts", I read
between the lines there...
However, since Zeph Daniel was mentioned, I
do not necessarily jump to that conclusion
easily.
Zeph Daniel is a talk show host, among many
other things, and I have appeared on his radio
show a couple of times. I explained how not all
Rasta's believe the Emperor to be what his names
mean and therefore you cannot define the
Movement of Rastafari as a religion based on
worship of the Ethiopian Emperor.
Just like many Arab people believe in the god
of Islam, Allah, not all Arabs do. Therefore, to
say that all Arabs are Muslims is an untrue
statement and yet a variation on that theme can
be found time and time again in statement and
comments from self-proclaimed Christians on what
they claim are "Rastafarians".
So, it could be that the self-proclaimed
Christian did not want to be confused with the
facts about the Movement and person of Rastafari
and simply chose to attack me for who I am
rather than what I have to say.
That would definitely explain the comment I
read this morning.
However, I have also noticed that within
certain self-proclaimed "Christian" circles, it
is not enough to deny the Emperor to be Jah
anyway.
Simply speaking positively about the Emperor,
can provoke an "anathema". Trying to place his
personality and function in a biblical
perspective because of the Davidic bloodline, is
being seen as "worshipping" too.
"Haile Selassie Is Not God", is the message.
The one-and-only message, so it seems!
Don't even bother moving forward by trying to
find out just who he is, since he is not Jah.
Don't try pointing out to the special place
Ethiopia has in the Bible, either.
What is it, that makes self-proclaimed
Christians curse the Emperor and Rastafarians
regardless as to whether they believe the
Emperor to be Jah or not?
It is my strong conviction, that this has
everything to do with something that "all"
Rastafarians would agree to.
For it is not so, that all Rastafarians
believe the Ethiopian Emperor to be JAH, as just
a little bit of research will reveal to every
genuine seeker of Truth. The Dubroom website is
actually ministering to these very seekers of
Truth by providing nuff evidence to proof the
undeniable fact.
But there are definitively things that "all"
Rastafarians would agree to, things not in
agreement with "Christian Correctness" as
defined by the western forms of organized
"Christianity" and it's offshoots.
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