Ras KebreAB, I enjoyed this quote and agree with your reasoning.
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To I, personally, there is no way no how that man can contain Jah in a book. Seen,what is a book? It is a beginning, a middle part and an end....from cover to cover. But Jah is without beginning or End
Seen, i will forever be a faithful disciple of Christ...but i would never be so foolish as to think that the bible contains everything, every wisdom, every knowledge, or even that Christ alone has something to teach I.. This is what makes InI more than just a christian but a RASTA. InI seek for JAh in everything, in the bible, in the quran, the Tipitaka,,etc...anywhere where the inspiration of the MOst High has touched the mind of mankind. And yet still , I remain a faithful disciple..this means that there is a certain line i wont cross, certain teachings i will never accept. I love the teachings of love and unity contained in the quran, but when it elevates Muahammed more than the Begotten One, then we have to go our seperate ways.
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SunofMan, you said,
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His Majesty's denial of being God
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Selassie I never said he is not God. He said he is a Man and said other things, but he didn't say that he was not God. As I have shown in a previous reasoning, Jah is discreet, He wouldn't reveal who he is to the people who didn't know him, because no one knows his Name but He Himself and His people.
The simple and straight forward answer to the question that was posed would be to say "I am not God", but there is a good reason Selassie I didn't say this because he will not say that He is not what He truly Is. So He intentionally didn't say He was not God, because he is God, he said other things to show people the Nature of God. So I do agree with the part that you said about Selassie I showing people to sight God within. The message he was showing to the people that know Him, was that they should not look for somebody to emanate out of God, but they should Iverstand that Selassie I was born from Man and Woman and is God, and to look within and see that it is there duty to Live like Haile Selassie I and become One with God as well.
MacChrist, you said,
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Witchcraft is the use of magic to make bad and strange things happen. The are these witchdoctors who are possessed with spirits of ancient people who died by a terrific death, by which they never had to rest in peace. My grandmother used to be one. Peace brother.
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Many people would call certain things that I and I RasTafarI people do magic. Man and Woman were given dominion over the earth and given many powers. Some people who learn of their powers use it for wickedness, and others learn their powers and use it for righteousness.
Ark I
RasTafarI
Haile Selassie I
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