What is the rastfarian religon? What are its ties with judaism? To what extent did Bob Marley believe in this religon? Where did dreadlocks come?
2006-09-09 14:17:35 · 7 answers · asked by Panzy killer 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
FAR OUT STUFF--look it all up on Wikipedia-- and be ready for some surprises!
2006-09-09 14:21:00 · answer #1 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Rasta, or the Rastafari movement, is a religious movement that accepts Haile Selassie I, the former emperor of Ethiopia, as Jah (the Rasta name for God incarnate, from a shortened form of Jehovah found in Psalms 68:4 in the King James Version of the Bible), and part of the Holy Trinity as the messiah promised to return in the Bible. The name Rastafari comes from Ras (Duke or Chief) Tafari Makonnen, the pre-coronation name of Haile Selassie I. The movement emerged in Jamaica among working-class and peasant black people in the early 1930s, arising from an interpretation of Biblical prophecy partly based on Selassie's status as the only African monarch of a fully independent state, and his titles of King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and Conquering Lion of Judah (Revelation 5:5). Other factors leading to its rise include the sacred use of Cannabis, and various Afrocentric social and political aspirations, such as the teachings of Jamaican publicist and organiser Marcus Garvey (also often regarded as a prophet), whose political and cultural vision helped inspire a new world view. The movement is called Rastafarianism by some non-Rastas although some Rastas themselves regard that term as improper and offensive
2006-09-09 14:23:08 · answer #2 · answered by RP 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Reggae singer Matisyahu
http://www.matismusic.com/
2006-09-11 15:39:41 · answer #3 · answered by mo mosh 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ever heard of Christafarianism?
check out the Wikipedia for the ans to ur ?
2006-09-09 14:31:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
smoking pot, and follow what happens after that. that is pretty much the religion. and your goal is to reach zion, eternal bliss.
i don't know.
he believed in it enough.
no hair hygene?
2006-09-09 14:25:39 · answer #5 · answered by ikeman 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rastafarians are cool, but not as cool as Pastafarians.
2006-09-09 14:25:11 · answer #6 · answered by ethical_atheist 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Check it out here: http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/rast.html
2006-09-09 14:25:47 · answer #7 · answered by rejoiceinthelord 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋