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Religious Fanaticism: Is Rasta Guilty?
Posted:
Monday, August 27, 2001
( RootsWomb(man)
) RELIGIOUS FANATICISM (excessive and irrational enthusiasm or zeal for a
belief or cause)
IS RASTAFARI ALSO EFFECTED BY THIS?
Once again, much Raspek is due unto the I's (Ras
Jahaziel) Epistles! The I has spoken TRUTH, and we all know that TRUTH
stands on its own. It is in that Spirit that InI would like to address this
very issue of RELIGIOSITY which also PLAGUES Rastafari. We ALL should know
that when the finger is pointed out, there are always three pointing back at
us. Part of the Healing of the Nations, and Afrikan Liberation, is not only to
REVEAL the destructive OUTTER influences which plague us, but most
importantly, how those ideals have been ingrained into the Mindz of the Black
Nation, and to COURAGEOUSLY tackle our own "dirty laundry", so to
speak. It is much easier to point the finger at the origin of the infection,
than to begin to cleanse its stench and foul pus.
The Global White Suprmist System has affected ALL of Creation and Her
children. Only a fool could deny the RESIDUAL effects of the Afrikan Holocaust
which continues to plague us. Indeed, the I mention Willy Lynch, which is an
excellent point. Would the I agree that Willy Lynch is just as pleased with
the ongoing effects of his MIND-SET inna Rastafari as he is with the rest of
the Black Nations? Can it be denied that Rastafari Houses are also GUILTY of
"allowing IGNORANCE and FANATICISM to disguise itself as RIGHTEOUS ZEAL
for the cause"? When the Nyahbinghi House chants down the next house (or
vice versa) because one sights "Jesus Christ" as being the
"savior" while the other sights Gad, and yet the other sights or
Prince Emmanuel, or Rastafari? Can it be denied that Rastafari also suffers
DISUNITY and STAGNANCY due to squabbling over who is the "true
messiah" and over the Divinity and Deification of Haile Selassie I? How
many Rastafari Idren beat the next Idren over the Divine Nature of this
god-man as opposed to INCORPORATING his Teachings and his Examples? It is in
InI opinion (due to experience) that Rastafari sons and dawtahs spend much
more energy in "comparing notes" (as to this house's
principles/tenets versus that ones) than we do in Pan Afrikan WORKS. It is
oddly reminiscent of the the "jesus freaks" who exhault much more
energy squabbling over the deification of the MAN rather than his teachings…
Is it so far fetched to say that the FALSE interpretations of our Afrikan
Sacred Texts and Teachings have also bled into Rastafari? (EXCLUDING the
Koptic Teachings, Faith, Church and Traditions of Haile Selassie and Eastern
Koptic Christianity) Is it so far-fetched to admit that the OPRESSOR'S
teachings and mindset also affect Rastafari? If RELIGIOSITY has effected the
ENTIRE GLOBE, than how has Rastafari not been effected, seeing that we are
still using his interpretations of the bible? How many Rastafarians actually
follow the SAME TRADITIONS as His Majesty? How many Rastafarians read The
Gospel of Myriam? How many venerate Myriam as did His Majesty? How many study
Ge'ez and follow the ceremonies of the Koptic Church? How many Rastas have
read the Quran, the Torah, etc, as did His Majesty? How many Rastafarians
DEIFY the man rather than actually FOLLOW his teachings? Is Rastafari also
guilty of BLIND FAITH and religious (King James) fanatisism? Who can deny
having experienced the chanting down of one house or the other in the name of
biblical differences, this scripture versus that one, and debates over who is
the "messiah"? Can it be denied, for example, that the Nyahbinghi
House would deny "membership to the inner circle" based on
"religiosity" , treatment of the Afrikan goddess (woman), Pauline
principles, etc?, or straight out deny the "rastaness" of this or
that Idren based on their interpretations, rules, regulations, and order? Does
not EVERY RASTA HOUSE consider itself more "rasta" then the next?
Its akin to the "brown paper bag test", when degrees of melanin were
used to define "blackness", only to turn around and have WE USE IT
ON OURSELVES, not only in regards to light-skin/dark-skinn issues, but
"degrees of Rastafarianism" based on this one or that one's
interpretations, when in fact FEW, and I repeat FEW, actually follow the SAME
TENETS AS HIS MAJESTY! Am I the only one to sight a CONtradiction here??
The treatment of RASTAFARI WOMEN and the SEVERE INBALANCE OF THE OMEGA
PRINCIPLE is enough to make us realize that RELIGIOSITY and Pauline Teachings
PERMEATE our "LIVITI". What about the Idren who INSULTS the Mother
of Creation by sabotaging the works of Rastafari Women, in the name of
"domestic duties", or chants down the sistren for being
"feminists" or "lesbians" when in fact they are merely
following the Nyahbingi Principle of RESTORING THE OMEGA BALANCE? A nation
which does NOT uplift its WOMEN is a nation DOOMED FOR FAILURE. The FACT that
the Eurocentric bible are still regurgitated among InI cannot be denied. The
fact that EDUCATION is still considered "Babylon" by many Rases is
not only a direct insult to Garvey and His Majesty, but "education"
in and of itself is still misinterpreted among InI. Western education is
mistaken for education in general. How many Rases chant down the study of
Ancient Khemet (Egypt) as being "pagan", STILL NOT OVERSTANDING that
Khemet is KUSHITE in its very foundation. How many still chant down the
Principle of Osiris and Isis (Auset and Ausar) as being "not rasta",
when IN FACT, those very principles are IMBEDED and ORIGINATED out of
Ethiopia? (ROOT of Rasta)
Indeed….RELIGIOSITY is alive and well among InI. Fanaticism and intolerance
is alive and well inna Rastafari as it is elsewhere.
"Throughout the long history of black struggle for liberation there have
always emerged leaders who became "GODS" AND "MESSIAHS".
Their exalted status of honor and worship has been in most cases A RESPONSE TO
THE SHEEP MENTALITY'S NEED FOR SOMEONE TO WORSHIP. In their SHEEP MENTALITY
the people yearn for someone who will be SUPER-MAN, someone who will
miraculously do all that they themselves fear to do or fail to do. This
IRRESPONSIBLE condition opens the door wide for THOSE THAT CRAVE WORSHIP, and
a circle of RELIGIOUS FANATICISM evolves to become an obstacle in the path of
that liberation which both leader and follower claim to be pursuing."
"While the political campaigning, the fratricide, and CHARACTER
ASSASSINATION is going on, the train of liberation slows to a
halt...........AND WILLIE LYNCH LAUGHS. "Well done boys, keep it
up"…
THE ABOVE TRUTHFUL STATEMENTS ARE JUST AS APPLICABLE TO SELF (RASTA NATION) AS
THEY ARE TO BABYLON (OPPRESSOR)
THE ONLY TRUE "SAVIOR AND MESSIAH" IN THIS IWAH IS NOT IN THE HANDS
OF ONE MAN, BUT IN THE RIZING OF OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS AND RESPECT OF
OUR DIFFERENCES WHILE ALL THE WHILE HONORING "ONE GOD, ONE AIM, ONE
DESTINY AND ONE GOAL".
I have posed many THOUGHT PROVOKING questions, which may or may not present a
response, however these questions are questions which we MUST ask of
ourselves. It is not my intention to offend but to enlighten and create
solutions in order for us to FORWARD IN UNITY UNDER THE BANNER OF THE BLACK,
THE RED, GOLD AND GREEN. SELAH.
ROOTS
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( IanI ) Irie Sistren
How could the I offend when the I writes such Wisdom? Only those that be
guilty could be offended... seen.
The Wise One knows an sees the Truth. Perhaps the day or iwah will come when
those that no see will receive the Wisdom and embrace it. If not, sadly they
too will go down and not forward. Jah know.
Give Thanks for the reasoning. Is strong and Power-Full!
In the Name of the Almighty Most High
Selassie I
IanI Rastafari
Guidance and Protection
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