Bob Marley and the dogmas

In the name of Jesus Christ, Archbishop Abuna Yesehaq of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church baptized music icon Bob Marley before he died. Some claim the baptism marked Marley’s conversion to Christianity. Did Marley disown the Twelve Tribes of Israel, a Rastafarian order which honors the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie (1892-1972) as the divine “King of Kings and Lord of Lords”? Like an Apostle Paul, Bob Marley had spread the teachings of the Twelve Tribes of Israel “to the ends of the earth”. Perhaps Marley had come to believe Jesus and Haile Selassie (a.k.a. Ras Tafari) shared the same spirit. Whichever dogma Bob Marley favored in the last days of his life, he never shed his Rastafarian identity.

You don’t need dreads or smoke ganja or beat Nyabinghi drums or listen to reggae music or worship Haile Selassie or be black to be a “rasta man” who lives from the heart. Rastafarians are a diverse people with many sects and adherents who don’t affiliate with any sect. Rasta is simply a way of life with a common goal of “One Love. One People. One Destiny.” — all bound in unity with Jah (God).

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