Hey, just to start with a few things about me. I'm a white guy who got my hair crocheted into dreads over a year ago, and I think having them made me lose my vanity over time. I used to care about how others judged me, but I figured if I was gonna keep caring about that, then I may as well cut them off, because I was expecting discrimination. The funny thing is I have never experienced that, only a lot of people saying they liked my dreads, or people just curious about it. But eventually I stopped caring about my image, stopped shaving, stopped spending a long time deciding what to wear, stuff like that. It eliminated a lot of anxiety and neurosis I used to have, and allowed me to focus on my own principles. Now I consider myself a dread, because this broken society has a lot to fear from me, but I'm definitely not a Rastaman, and I'm pretty ignorant on the subject.
I've tried things in the past year that my family would disapprove of, like going to a strip club for the first time, learning how to ride motorcycles, and becoming a skydiver. I learned that I want to be a parachute rigger, my first time knowing what career I wanted to pursue. Even getting dreads was something I knew my family wouldn't approve of, but they don't even try to understand my point of view, so it's none of their business. The point is that my mind has opened up to things outside my comfort zone, and I'm way more "rounded" overall.
So there are occasions where people compare me to Rastafarians, it's understandable due to my lifestyle, but I don't believe any gods exist, so it's always weird to feel like people are tagging me with a religion. Still, I want to know more about it, like why do you think Haile Selassie was god in the flesh, rather than a man? And do you think Jesus was also god in the flesh? If so, are there others, such as Muhammad or anything? Also, do you think the holy books are corrupted? And if you have any links to post that would lead me to understand more, I will check them out. Thanks!
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