give thanks!
that might be the heritage of the original name of HIM but i think that the rasta movement is all abot HIM so the name comes just from his imperial majesty. and if you follow HIM, he said that wisdom without god is not wisdom at all and it is "our firm belief that a soul without christ is bound to meet with no better fate."
but im not intended to convince you to believe in the one they call jesus. as humble as i try to be as a european guy that is still new to really following the teachings of rasta, i just think that its just a fact that rasta is about holding on to your culture as well as accepting HIM as a special personality at least. so if you honor HIM just for what he did in general but you are open to really believe in lets say "non-christian" things it must be ok because who wants to tell you a rasta cant do that. and i even understand that this would be an oxymoron. to be a (especially a black) rasta and to stay away from african cultures cant work in my opinion.
but, and thats very fundamental, you can believe what you want. even in the one they call jesus.
since a rasta is not a roman-catholic bible follower it is totally ok to distance yourself from their interpretations and its even part of rasta culture to get knowledge about these things. but in the end, we can believe what we want but the great thing about rasta to me is that it stands for being conscious about things. not just for coming up with all kind of rules based on disputatious bible interpretations like rome. thats my opinion. but you still can follow those if you want to because i dislike the game and not the player.
so rasta is not religion. you can say HIM is god. HIM is god but there are still other spiritual oppurtunities or ancient myths you can follow or you can say HIM is the black messiah. or HIM is jesus. in the end its about to agree on the definition of how we have to pray to god. and thats what makes rasta special to me. i think every man has his own way.
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