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Rastafari is the truth!
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I'm going to have to press you for some discussion points within the next few days, moke, or this thread is getting closed. A post that's nothing but a one-liner and a link comes a little to close to spam for my tastes.
As for Rastafari, I find it refreshingly upfront about its anti-intellectualism, in a similar way to Zen. I find Rastafari sociologically fascinating; my wife, a believing Jew, feels like she's stepped through the looking glass at a twisted, shallow reflection of Jewish symbols and stories whenever she encounters Rastafari -- it's familiar to her but it's not. Empowerment it a great thing, but not when it's fueled by racism. Unfortunately, what I think will keep Rastafari from ever taking a place at the table of great world Abrahamic faiths is its unabashedly Afrocentric past. I understand that a lot of present day Rastafari are ashamed of this and do their best do downplay it, but it's a hard legacy to shake off, especially for such a young religion.
As for Rastafari, I find it refreshingly upfront about its anti-intellectualism, in a similar way to Zen. I find Rastafari sociologically fascinating; my wife, a believing Jew, feels like she's stepped through the looking glass at a twisted, shallow reflection of Jewish symbols and stories whenever she encounters Rastafari -- it's familiar to her but it's not. Empowerment it a great thing, but not when it's fueled by racism. Unfortunately, what I think will keep Rastafari from ever taking a place at the table of great world Abrahamic faiths is its unabashedly Afrocentric past. I understand that a lot of present day Rastafari are ashamed of this and do their best do downplay it, but it's a hard legacy to shake off, especially for such a young religion.
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OP is not a discussion starter.
Try again with an actual commentary. Thanks.
Try again with an actual commentary. Thanks.
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