03-06-2009, 03:42 PM
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Re: the origin of rastafari?
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Originally Posted by Mrs. Groovy 144
I was listening to Mutabaruka on Religion Talk, on you tube, and him an Ian Boyne was going at it, as usual.
Muta says that rasta don't see Rastafarianism as a religion, but more of a culture, a way of life. it's the people outside of Rastafarianism, who claim to say that it is a religion..
Not sure about that.
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He is correct.
And that's why I said what I said:
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Originally Posted by Alex4Ja
Still, I respect and honor the Rastafarian culture (not the religion) and can't help but feel that it embodies most of what we as Jamaicans represent to the rest of the world.
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There are many who ignorantly believe that once you grow the locks, learn the words of a few Bob Marley songs and smoke weed until they are comatose, that makes them a rasta.
The religious aspect of rastafarianism is simply one small part of the whole rasta culture. Rastafarianism is a way of life.
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