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Rastafarian Movement Rastafarians acknowledge that their religion is the blending of the purest forms of both Judaism and Christianity; they also accept the Egyptian origins of both these religions. In affirming the divinity of Haile Selassie, Rastafari rejects the Babylonian hypocrisy of the modern church. The Church of Rome, and even the council of Rome, are considered to be particularly Babylonian. Was it not from this city that Mussolini invaded the holy land of Ethiopia in 1935? Religions always reflect the social and geographical environment out of which they emerge, and Jamaican Rastafari is no exception. For example, the use of marijuana as a sacrament and aid to meditation is logical in a country where a particularly potent strain of 'herb' grows freely. Bob Marley was a profit that many felt brought strength and unity to the Jamaican people. He was a strong believer with his long locks and habitual smoking of marijuana. The Rastafarian religion carry many beliefs and doctrines in their religion. The main topic that many people know about is the smoking of marijuana. In fact, the herb "ganja" (marijuana) was regarded as "wisdomweed," and Rasta leaders urged that it be smoked as a religious rite, alleging that it was found growing on the grave of King Solomon and citing biblical passages, such as Psalms 104:14, to attest to its sacramental properties: "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth." The smoking of marijuana is not the only thing that the Rastafarians believed in.
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