2006-09-07 02:35:48 · 3 answers · asked by rasta 1 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
i would love to hear your point a view how ever is going to answer this... plz do i believe in god, but..........
2006-09-07 02:39:54 · update #1
No it is not the same. Rasta emerged in Jamaica in the 1930's, and believe Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia to be the messiah and part of the Holy Trinity, not Jesus. In fact, they believe Selassie to be both the Father and Son of God, while they themselves are the embodiment of the Holy Spirit. They believe in the sacred use of ganja, naturalism (living close to nature), and that some of them can actually attain physical immortality.
Many of them observe dietry laws according to the Old Testament, and do not believe in touching alcohol. The Rasta religion is also for blacks only, the rasta has an afrocentric world view, and they aim to remind blacks of their heritage and free them from their "Babylon" (anything that oppresses them). Their dreadlocks are to differentiate themselves from the straighter hair of the white people.
So even from this surface info of rasta, you can see it is not at like Christianity, even though their faith is based on the Bible as well.
2006-09-07 02:57:58 · answer #1 · answered by marchcalf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of rasta before.
2006-09-07 09:43:45 · answer #2 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they believe that jesus is god...than it is different!
2006-09-07 09:39:29 · answer #3 · answered by Max 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋