is rastafarianism christianity?

[blugiant]

inspired by jahyouth camment "most people have not actually studied "the bible" nor do they know enough historical & contextual information to get into serious discussions"

since rasta studee ann argue dat de bible is onlee useful wen carrectlee understodd ann interpreted den dat raise a deep qwestian bout da groundation aff rastas ann christianitee cah bout aff dem arguinn da dem ave knowledge aff da bible. still da more yuh kno da less yuh kno ann dat de problem widd knowledge based pon bible.

cumpare ann contrast rasta ann christianitee den reason iff oonnoo tink rasta iss christianitee

y ar y natt?

is rastafarianism christianity?

[franksterr]

inspired by jahyouth camment "most people have not actually studied "the bible" nor do they know enough historical & contextual information to get into serious discussions"

since rasta studee ann argue dat de bible is onlee useful wen carrectlee understodd ann interpreted den dat raise a deep qwestian bout da groundation aff rastas ann christianitee cah bout aff dem arguinn da dem ave knowledge aff da bible. still da more yuh kno da less yuh kno ann dat de problem widd knowledge based pon bible.

cumpare ann contrast rasta ann christianitee den reason iff oonnoo tink rasta iss christianitee

y ar y natt?

is rastafarianism christianity?

Rasta is a movement - of Jah People
Christianity is a religion.
Rasta is about Being Black African and accepting it....creating freedoms often denied Black Africans
Christianity is about righteousness and salvation - getting to heaven after death.


No Rasta is Not (western style) Christianity.....Rasta Use (western style)Christianity to reach its people.



Yes Rasta accepts the Bible.

[jah_yout]

is rastafarianism christianity?

firstly the term rastafarianism a pagan sinting..rastafari not an ism or schism...
those who practice rastafarianism are not dealing with the true faith...
many are practicing christianism, so one has to be careful when throwing around terms;

since rasta studee ann argue dat de bible is onlee useful wen carrectlee understodd ann interpreted

i think that applies to any text, speech or form of communication...this is why reading comprehension is a category in testing people

den dat raise a deep qwestian bout da groundation aff rastas ann christianitee cah bout aff dem arguinn da dem ave knowledge aff da bible.

anyone can have knowledge of the bible if they study it---like any other text...regardless of what religion or lack thereof they profess; what they get out of it is up to the individual's own outlook or socialization...as garvey said---every person is a religion unto themselves;

still da more yuh kno da less yuh kno ann dat de problem widd knowledge based pon bible.

the bible is a book--or more accurately a collection of books---it has never done anything---only people can act on whatever is written in it---based on their own spiritual & mental makeup---
people read things and form opinions all the time---it takes intelligence to discern what one is reading & & knowledge as well as inspiration to interpret;
the same bible inspired nat turner & paul bogle that inspired jim jones & george bush, if you get my point...

cumpare ann contrast rasta ann christianitee den reason iff oonnoo tink rasta iss christianitee

you've been reading & digesting the scriptures of babylon's education system---it's clear when you throw around terms like "rastafarianism" and "rasta"...while consistently using the term "christianity"...
i didn't see you write "christianism" nor did i see you write "christi"...

the faith is christian because the term christian comes from the term christ; which means chosen or anointed;
and most of the faith has recognized that a christ will manifest at the appointed time...
you're probably confusing christ with christianism--- or jesus-ism...which are widely practiced;

you must keep in mind that "the bible" is not exclusive to "christianity"---in fact the torah preceded the new testament & the egyptian book of coming forth by day ("book of the dead") preceded the torah...

[blugiant]

firstly the term rastafarianism a pagan sinting..rastafari not an ism or schism...
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yuh kno mii didd dat cah mii knew yu wood bunn fiyah pon da ism ann schism like marley

[jah_yout]

yuh kno mii didd dat cah mii knew yu wood bunn fiyah pon da ism ann schism like marley

Yes like most jamaicans who aspire to euro-american culture and civilization you can respect their terms but continue to disregard & disrespect the terms preferred by their own people. ..
So it goes....

[blugiant]

Yes like most jamaicans who aspire to euro-american culture and civilization you can respect their terms but continue to disregard & disrespect the terms preferred by their own people. ..
So it goes....

so yuh tink mii respekk oyinbo term

wan aff de reason y mii respekk rasta soo much iss cah dem define ann redefine demselves to speak fe demselves

still wen rasta chatt bout no ism ann schism dat bout da formalization aff doctrine. so oww can rasta chatt bout no ism ann schism ann den chatt bout no doctrine?

itt dat distinction da give da impression dat rasta iss a religion ann y da y oyinbo can gitt wey widd usinn da term rastafarianism. iff rasta iss more dan a doctrine den y so manee aff dem bunn fiyah pon ism ann schism den gitt upset att da term rastafarianism?

[blugiant]

firstly the term rastafarianism a pagan sinting..rastafari not an ism or schism...
those who practice rastafarianism are not dealing with the true faith...
many are practicing christianism, so one has to be careful when throwing around terms;


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CAVANAUGH: I'd like to get our terminology straight. Sometimes people refer to this faith as Rastafarianism. Is that wrong?

MERRITT: In a sense it is. Rastafaris are very diligent about the use of words. We use the term Rastafari to describe this faith rather than Rastafarianism. First and foremost because Rastafari is the precoronation name of the Imperial Majesty Haile Sellassie, who we regard as our king of kings and lord of lords, God incarnate. And second, the suffix -ism is generally used to indicate doctrin or ideology, such as atheism or sexism or racism, or religious denominations like Calvanism. Rastafari is more than an ideology or doctrine or another religious denomination. We say it is a livity or a way of life.

CAVANAUGH: You started us on some of the origins of Rastafari. Why don't you tell us about where this faith comes from?

MERRITT: Certainly. First and foremost, I want to say we give thanks for life and to the mighty life giver, his imperial majesty, Haile Selassie, king of kind and lord of lords, Jah, Rastafari. We say that this livity is ageless, from before the beginning of man-made time and without end. Its rebirth however can be traced to two prophecies that occurred in the 1920s. In 1922, reverend James Morris Webb was an organizer in UNIA, wrote the book the black man will be the coming universal king. In the 1920s, Marcus Garvey himself said, look to the east for the crowning of a black king, he shall be our redeemer. Garvey's prophecy is the most well known. For this, many traditional Rastas regard him as the greatest prophet to ever come from the womb of a woman, we say. Reverend web's work is also significant because it's one of several indications that Rastafari was emerging in the consciousness of blacks in various parts of the black diaspora at about the same time. Rastafari was crowned king of kings in Ethiopia in 1930. He took the coronation Haile Selassie, which means mighty trinity. And early Rastas recognized his crowning as the fulfillment of these prophecies that I just mentioned. His coronation title is king of kings, lord of lords, are named that are identified with the returned Messiah in the prophetic biblical book of rev lazes.

CAVANAUGH: Would you call Rastafari a Christian religion?

MERRITT: Not really. Though some would see that there are some parallels or similarities in a very fundamental sense. The experience in that diaspora was a christianizing aspect that they broke away from, and radically broke away from. And Christianity particularly the missionary style Christianity that was preached to them during the enslavement era was part of that breakaway. Some might see some things or hear some things and say, well, this is a different kind of black Christianity or something like that when it's really not. It's really more based on fundamental traditional African communalism and ideas about divinity and God within man and within woman.

CAVANAUGH: This is, if I'm understanding correctly, an Afrocentric religion; is that right?

MERRITT: Yes, an African centered religion. The traditional forms of Rastafari, and I'm a member of the Bobo Shanti, the other traditional form is the Nyahbinghi. Those two houses -- in their emergence, they wanted to help blacks in diaspora recognize both the -- have a love for themselves, love for their Africanness, and have say spirituality and a sense of the divine within themselves which had been eradicated during the enslavement process in the post era as well. Going from, say, in Jamaica in the 1930s which was when the three most significant groups emerged, the house of the youth black faith which was established by honorable Bongo Wato, and the Pinnacle Commune that was established by Leonard Howell in the early 1940s, and the EABIC, Ethiopia Black International Congress in 1958 which was established by the honorable Prince Immanuel Charles Edwards. These were the fundamental foundational groups.

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/jun/29/who-are-rastafari/

[blugiant]

Rasta is a movement - of Jah People
Christianity is a religion.
Rasta is about Being Black African and accepting it....creating freedoms often denied Black Africans
Christianity is about righteousness and salvation - getting to heaven after death.


No Rasta is Not (western style) Christianity.....Rasta Use (western style)Christianity to reach its people.



Yes Rasta accepts the Bible.

oyinbo meaninns

move·ment
noun \ˈmüv-mənt\

: the act or process of moving people or things from one place or position to another



re·li·gion
noun \ri-ˈli-jən\

: the belief in a god or in a group of gods

: an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods

: an interest, a belief, or an activity that is very important to a person or group



christianity to mii is awlso a movement used to mentally cantrol peeps, especiallee blakks. dat y constantine forced christianitee pon peeps

butt da term jah nuh cum fram oyinbo christian bible?

movement aff jah nuh bible old testament ting? exodus movement aff jah people, accarding to yuh wood mean rasta using christianity to reach blakk people. itt like a latt aff reggae music dat rasta sing uses christian bible to reach blakks butt den bunn fiyah pon christianitee

tell mii oww rastas accept da bible iff dem kno dat it iss corrupted?