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The prime basic belief pf the Rastafarians is that Haile Selassie is the living God. Selassie, whose previous name was Ras Tafari, was the black Emperor of Ethiopia. The Rastas say their scriptures phrophesised him as the one with "the hair of whose head was like wool (matted hair of a black man), whose feet were like unto burning brass (black skin)". Rastas believe that Selassie was the Jesus that Christianity speaks of; that the white man tricked the world into believeing that Jesus was a white man. Selassie was not a Rastafarian himself. When a group of Rastas went to Ethiopia to honor him, an official of the palace told them to go away or they might upset the king, because he himself was a devout Christian. Instead of making the Rastas question their belief, this only made it stronger, because their God is not supposed to know he is God. When Haile Selassie died, many Rastas would not believe it at first. They believed that it was a trick of the media to bring their faith down, because Rastas believe that true Rastas are immortal. To compensate for his death, they believe that his atoms spread throughout the world and became part of new babies, therefore his life is neverending. The Rastafarian word for God is Jah. |
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HIM JAH Ras Tafari Halie Selassie The Conqueror King of all Kings |
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