Haile Selassie I livith!
My suggestion to you is to stay away from things such as websites. In my beginning searches of Rastafari I looked to internet for answers but you must first know your bible. These websites are not realiable sources. The biggest problem is that there is a division in some of the beliefs of Rastafari, Bobo, Twelve Tribes... i consider myself Orthodox Rastafari, or Nyahbinghi. I myself do not follow the teachings of the twelve tribes due to the fact that they consider Haile Selassie i a prophet and not the King of kings. Some of them will also tell you that Christ is showing His personality through His Majesty, but according to the Bible this is not true. Christ is either Chirst or not. When His Majesty disappered the twelve tribes changed their ideology about HIM and decided they would make HIM a prophet instead of Christ. The Bobo Ashanti believe that His Majesty is not Christ, but God the Father. They follow another whose name is Emmanuel Charles Edwards, he started the Bobo camp in Jamaica some years ago in 1958. He claims to be "the Black Christ in Flesh" If you ask me, only my opinion, he is a false christ and also self-proclaimed. As a Nyahbinghi I believe that His Majesty is the Fullfillment of the Prohpecy of Jesus Christ. i know that this is all confusing at first, but you must be patient in your search, because these things are not of the rushing type. Seek ye first the Kingdom of Jah and all things shall be given unto ye. Since the real Jews are black people there are certain rastas who have stayed with that heritage and deny Christ all together. the problem with this is His MAjesty undeniable love for Christ adn the fact the His Majesty was a Christian.
Again the concept of whites as rasta is another argument that is still lingering up the air. I am a white man by skin but a black man at heart. I don't care what any man say, i hail Rastafari everytime without no delay. the fact is that His Majesty was not partial to skin color, so therfore niether am I. As far as marijuana is conserned, marijuana is the healing of the nations both mentally, physically, and in nature. i suggest that instead of looking at webistes reason with various rastafari bredren and read books, but most importantly, pray to God Almighty for direction and strength to find what is right. His Majesty will guide you as He guides I.
With all the love of Rastafari i wish you peace and blessings
Ras Zion I
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