Yeah, Iman could not agree more!
One other question, I no this may sound silly but would you use mouthwash if it had alcohol in it? And also again sounds stupid but what do you brush your teeth with.... if you do?
Also you look at my post above, Babylon has also made one of dem Battys in my class! so i have to put up with them batty in I's class for the next 8 months!! Im not sure if its the same where you come from but i blame the television for all of these battys in my country, On almost every program where I lives there is a Batty!! I think it TV , Putting a blindfold over these children's eyes and making them think that it is a normal thing
Fyah Babylon... Yeah, Iman say this at school to the baldheads, They then said yeah but a gay man could then just give a sperm donation to a lesbian and then that women could just have the child... Haha they really just don't get the point them baldheads!!
I do not use mouthwash ben, if I may call u so, I use chew sticks to clean my teeth. I use other natural substances as well e.g. natural mouth paste. It has been proved that they are more effective than "modern tech cleaners"...in every way.
As for the battybwoy in your class - why worry about him ? You are there to learn so learn. Concentrate on what you are there for and not with who you are. If he or anyone else chooses to condemn you for your way of life then the rule is - do not get angry but, use intelligence to settle the cause. At the same time there is no need to condemn him if he does not do it to you but, if he does then, use knowledge and wisdom to overcome him. Do not hate them for what they wanna be but, just keep yourself away from the heathen and their ways and everything will be allright.
I am not saying you should hate them. The reason why I post I messages is for the enlightenment of every individual that choose the "light"...for "light" is life. This is a forum with many young people on it too so I do not see it fitting for adults to tell young people that homosexuality is okay...That is why I speak out against it. If I were to meet a battybwoy then I would "separate" I self from him by not "dealing" with him. But, But !!, if he or she had to confront I on the base of what I "know" then he or she will have a problem....Simple as that. And, oh yes, you are very right ! The media and the governments is responsible for most misconceptions in life...They try to make the wrong right through greed of money....I am sure that they themselves know it (some of them), but, they do not care for no-one but, themselves = the money they get for it. Just take a look at all the paparazzi destroying private lives for greed. LOL.
As for the "sperm" thing...LOL. Is it right for a child to grow up without their natural "establishment" ? Is it right for someone to take a child out of its natural environment just because those who do it have the cash to do it ? Why don't they invest some cash, directly, unto those families and let them take care of themselves ? They have enough ! Why don't they support instead of dividing !!? Are poor kids now the subjects of "window-shopping" for those who have none !!? Is that right ?
Sorry for the exclamation marks, ben, they are not addressed to you...just questions, that many choose to ignore, that need to be mentioned.
P7
Posted on: October 19, 2010, 04:23:06 PM
So if I read you right, prophet777, what you are saying is that being Rasta requires a combination of recognizing Jah and Selassie I as well as living right? If this is so, then doesn't that sort of contradict what Rasta Nick was saying about people being Rasta and not even knowing it? Rasta Nick didn't mention anything about Jah or Selassie I, only that an individual must live right. If a requirement of Rastafari is acknowledging Selassie I's divinity that would seem to imply that someone who sees Selassie I as divine would know that they are a Rasta. In other words, how can someone be a Rasta and not acknowledge Selassie I? I guess I am confussed by the idea of a person being able to be a Rasta and not knowing it.
No. What I am saying is that, first you have to KNOW yourself - not just your name or who you think you are to be but, YOU. When you come to realize who YOU are then you have become the I. Step by step. No rush. As for what Rasta Nick says, well he said it himself...It is how he perceives it. I can not answer for Rasta Nick for he is man enough to answer for himself. Simple. I do not have to agree with him as well...just like he does not have to agree with I but, we have a mutual overstanding on the base of trying to do the right thing and none of us are homo. Seen ? Raspect for another is what brings us further.
Now for I view on this subject at hand, according to your questions....Well, I refuse to "believe" that anyone can be Rasta without knowing it !

I speak for Iself, and not against Nick. Nick is not in the position/ not the "authority" for I to be against or for him - simple. Read on...
It is just like someone who kills a man and says "well I did not know it was wrong" - Does that make him then not guilty of committing the crime ?? Simple as that. Then another who steals and lies and says "well I did not know it would harm anyone" - Does that make it right ? Two wrongs do not make a right and neither do 3 or 4 or 5......For I it is just like every other "sin" just like stealing, fighting, lying, killing and so on...So how can one live "right" whilst doing such ?? How can one be righteous (RASTA) whilst doing what is not RASTA

If you claim to be Rasta because of H.I.M. then follow H.I.M. in every way and not no half and half thing. For I Rasta is much, much more...words could not explain no matter how many of them I use. For I Rasta is even beyond H.I.M. even before H.I.M. because for I H.I.M. is not the FIRST AUTHORITY. There is ONE that is even over H.I.M. and over all else. Like all other ancient peoples I man believe in the ONE SUPERIOR FORCE that is the essence of all LIFE. There is no name or explanation for that "essence" and that is why we adopt a name from those who are considered very close to that "essence" and such was seen by I and I in the being of H.I.M. Rastafari Haile Selassie I - seen ? But, it does not stop there !! It goes on......those who are not capable of "moving on" shall surely be stuck ! Simple.
But, be sure that when you move on that you are not doing no harm to no living being, be it man, woman , plant , nature or whatever....move on in "silence" of spirit. That dose not mean you have to be silent - no. It means you have to know when to speak and how to go about it. Knowledge is worth more than silver and gold.
Look here Idren..I do not go out and "bash" every homo I see - that is not I. But, I am not gonna sit here and watch whilst them come try and bash I on I forum - that is unacceptable ! I do not go on them forums and condemn them ! That is not I. So, I in return await the same raspect from them !! But, since them choose fe come up pon here and talk bad about RASTA, for what I and I follow, then they are sure to get BUN !! Without no apologies !!! BUN DEM !!
Got more questions ?
P7