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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 189836" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>Here's some info. on that religion. Apparently their god died....</p><p> </p><p><strong>Rasta,</strong> or the <strong>Rastafari movement,</strong> is a religion and philosophy that accepts <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Selassie_I_of_Ethiopia" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Haile Selassie I</span></u></a>, the former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Ethiopia" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Emperor of Ethiopia</span></u></a>, as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">God</span></u></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarnation" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">incarnate</span></u></a>, whom they call <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Jah</span></u></a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari#_note-0" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[1]</span></u></a> He is also seen as part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Holy Trinity</span></u></a> as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">messiah</span></u></a> promised in the Bible to return. The name <em>Rastafari</em> comes from <em>Ras (Head or Duke or Chief) Tafari Makonnen,</em> the pre-coronation name of Haile Selassie I.</p><p>The movement emerged in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Jamaica</span></u></a> among working-class and peasant black people in the early <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930s" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">1930s</span></u></a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari#_note-Dread" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[2]</span></u></a> 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 <em>King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and Conquering <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_of_Judah" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Lion of Judah</span></u></a></em> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Revelation</span></u></a> 5:5). Other factors leading to its rise include the sacred use of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_%28drug%29" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">cannabis</span></u></a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari#_note-Dread" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[2]</span></u></a> and various <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrocentrism" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Afrocentric</span></u></a> social and political aspirations,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari#_note-Dread" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[2]</span></u></a> such as the teachings of Jamaican publicist and organiser <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Garvey" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Marcus Garvey</span></u></a> (also often regarded as a prophet), whose political and cultural vision helped inspire a new world view.</p><p>The Rastafari movement has spread throughout much of the world, largely through interest generated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">reggae</span></u></a> music—most notably, that of Jamaican-born singer/songwriter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Bob Marley</span></u></a>. By 2000, there were more than one million Rastafari faithful worldwide. About five to ten percent of Jamaicans identify themselves as Rastafari. Many Rastafari follow an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ital" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">ital</span></u></a> diet which essentially means living by the dietary Laws of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviticus" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Leviticus</span></u></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuteronomy" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Deuteronomy</span></u></a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Old Testament</span></u></a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 189836, member: 1246"] Here's some info. on that religion. Apparently their god died.... [B]Rasta,[/B] or the [B]Rastafari movement,[/B] is a religion and philosophy that accepts [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Selassie_I_of_Ethiopia"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Haile Selassie I[/COLOR][/U][/URL], the former [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Ethiopia"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Emperor of Ethiopia[/COLOR][/U][/URL], as [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]God[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarnation"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]incarnate[/COLOR][/U][/URL], whom they call [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Jah[/COLOR][/U][/URL].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari#_note-0"][U][COLOR=#800080][1][/COLOR][/U][/URL] He is also seen as part of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Holy Trinity[/COLOR][/U][/URL] as the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]messiah[/COLOR][/U][/URL] promised in the Bible to return. The name [I]Rastafari[/I] comes from [I]Ras (Head or Duke or Chief) Tafari Makonnen,[/I] the pre-coronation name of Haile Selassie I. The movement emerged in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Jamaica[/COLOR][/U][/URL] among working-class and peasant black people in the early [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930s"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]1930s[/COLOR][/U][/URL],[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari#_note-Dread"][U][COLOR=#800080][2][/COLOR][/U][/URL] 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 [I]King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and Conquering [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_of_Judah"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Lion of Judah[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/I] ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Revelation[/COLOR][/U][/URL] 5:5). Other factors leading to its rise include the sacred use of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_%28drug%29"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]cannabis[/COLOR][/U][/URL],[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari#_note-Dread"][U][COLOR=#800080][2][/COLOR][/U][/URL] and various [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrocentrism"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Afrocentric[/COLOR][/U][/URL] social and political aspirations,[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari#_note-Dread"][U][COLOR=#800080][2][/COLOR][/U][/URL] such as the teachings of Jamaican publicist and organiser [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Garvey"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Marcus Garvey[/COLOR][/U][/URL] (also often regarded as a prophet), whose political and cultural vision helped inspire a new world view. The Rastafari movement has spread throughout much of the world, largely through interest generated by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]reggae[/COLOR][/U][/URL] music—most notably, that of Jamaican-born singer/songwriter [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Bob Marley[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. By 2000, there were more than one million Rastafari faithful worldwide. About five to ten percent of Jamaicans identify themselves as Rastafari. Many Rastafari follow an [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ital"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]ital[/COLOR][/U][/URL] diet which essentially means living by the dietary Laws of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviticus"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Leviticus[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuteronomy"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Deuteronomy[/COLOR][/U][/URL] in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Old Testament[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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