Question about Rastafari Movement

[Mitja]

i listen to reggae and i hear about babylon and zion all the time and they sing about rastafari movement i already read about this religion but i dont get it.
can someone tell me on short what is that religion about.?

thanks
mitja

[Minimalist]

It's a Jamaican excuse to get stoned. It's got something to do with worshiping Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

I do love Jamaican coffee, though.

[Mitja]

It's a Jamaican excuse to get stoned. It's got something to do with worshiping Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

I do love Jamaican coffee, though.

fer enough but i dont see any problem at smoking weed

[Rev. Rye]

i listen to reggae and i hear about babylon and zion all the time and they sing about rastafari movement i already read about this religion but i dont get it.
can someone tell me on short what is that religion about.?

thanks
mitja

Here are some points:
* Haile Selassie (one-time ruler of Ethiopia) is the Messiah.
* No Red meat or salt. (Ital diet)
* Babylon=White Supremacist Power Structure
* Black Africans are the descendants of the 12 Tribes of Israel.
* Zion= utopia.
* Black Pride.
* The official language is called Iyaric. Think of it as being like Heaven-O taken beyond the impossible.

Look for more info on Wikipedia.

[Mitja]

well im 51,3% black
im an vegetarian
i hate white power
but i dont beleave in god so rastafari isnt for me :/
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but thanks for the replay

[frankiej]

You hate white powder? What about flour? How do you bake?

[Mitja]

i listen to reggae and i hear about babylon and zion all the time and they sing about rastafari movement i already read about this religion but i dont get it.
can someone tell me on short what is that religion about.?

thanks
mitja

Here are some points:
* Haile Selassie (one-time ruler of Ethiopia) is the Messiah.
* No Red meat or salt. (Ital diet)
* Babylon=White Supremacist Power Structure
* Black Africans are the descendants of the 12 Tribes of Israel.
* Zion= utopia.
* Black Pride.
* The official language is called Iyaric. Think of it as being like Heaven-O taken beyond the impossible.

Look for more info on Wikipedia.

p.s i edited your signature

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You hate white powder? What about flour? How do you bake?

i bake with black powder

[AthiestAtheist]

It's a Jamaican excuse to get stoned. It's got something to do with worshiping Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

Being probably the only person around with direct experience of that, I thought I would have to come in and explain it, but pretty much yeah. I couldn't have explained it better myself.

[Erinome]

Weed could seriously hurt someone...

if a 10 pound brick of it were to fall off the roof of a building and hit them in the head.

But you're right. There's nothing wrong with smoking it. It's a stupid taboo. My best friend lived with HIV for 19 years after being diagnosed, and I believe he was so healthy for so long because of his daily marijuana use. He was never on prescription meds. Just a steady flow of pot smoke and ice cream with candy in it.

[Rokcet Scientist]

It's a Jamaican excuse to get stoned. It's got something to do with worshiping Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

I do love Jamaican coffee, though.

Hey, I just LOVE Rastafarianism, mon! It really inspired me, in 1968! So I was a ready convert. Jumped in with both feet. Didn't pick up everything, mind! I got rid of the complicated 'tings, like dreadlocks and slang. And I was left with the ganja... Great religion! Never looked back!

And now, after my 40+ years of pious observance, it turns out, scientifically, that

THC is an excellent long term carcinogen inhibitor

Rastafarianism vindicated! I couldn't be happier!

Of course the establishment, especially the US establishment, doesn't like their precious war on drugs, their well-paid judges', lawyers', and cops' jobs, and their lucrative 3 million inmate prison industry threatened. Or the highly overpaid jobs and incomes associated with cancer-related pharmacology and medicine.

So the 'Legalize' campaign will be an uphill struggle for while to come, I'm afraid. Too many powerful 'special interests' with too much to lose.

But science is our friend!