[Proletariat]

Many people misconstrue rastafarianism, simply because they know very little about it. Is it an upful way of life or a religion.

But rastas derive their dogmas/doctrines from the Holy Bible. For marijuana "Gonja" Gen 1:11, " Then God said, Let the land produce vegatation, seed bearing plants and trees on the land that bear friuts with seed in it according to their various kinds. And it was so. ...........And God saw it was good"(KJV) That is why rastas regard marijuana as a holy herb.

When we come to the dreadlocks, they argue that a man is not supposed to shave his hair. Lev. 19:27. "Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. Lev. 21:5. "Priests must not shave their heads or shave the edges of their beards or cut their bodies."

Rastafarians, the followers of once the Emperor of Ethiopia, Ras Tafari(Son of Tafari) Haile Selassie, also argues that God created the black man before he "made" the white man. One theory of Creation, Gen1:27. "God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." These are the first people, black people, who God created before "making" from dust the white people.

Gen. 2:7,"the Lord God formed the man and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." This was Adam and later Eve from his rib. Adam and eve, who were white, were formed purposely to till the garden of Aden, and when they had sex, they were cast out. According to rastas, this makes the white man the great satan on earth! The bodies of the white people look fake since he was "formed" but not created like the holy black man. Rastas argue.

Contrary to what movies have depicted Jesus Christ as a white man, rastasfarians have biblically disagree with that twist of fact. They believe to be the 225th tribe, direct descendants of David from the time of Solomon and Queen Sheba. Jesus Christ being black, is connected to King Solomon who was a black man. Songs of Songs. 1:5. "Dark I am, O daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tents of curtains of Solomon. 6 Do not stare me bacause I'm dark,........." SOS 5:11."His head is purest gold, his hair is wavy and black as raven"

Other practices of rastafarians like women wearing head dresses, eating of "Ital" foods, wearing green, black, and red, the judgement day, are also supported from the Bible by the rastafarians.

Now all these leave me wondering, whether Rastafianism is a religion or a way of life.

Any insight?