When
I concluded the last chapter of this essay
with a call to witness to the Christafarian,
I didn’t forget about my own inability to
effectively do so as much as I would have
wanted.
I
have only researched and analyzed
Christafarianism, just had theological and
philosophical debates in which I found out
much more behind the argumentation and
structures that keeps the motor running, but
that’s about all I can do.
Although
I do not call myself a Rastafarian ,
many actually do call me a Rasta and I do
not mind because I know that when someone
who knows Rastafari calls me a Rasta this
means he does not want to deny my faith and
my respect for Haile Selassie .
I
know that I am a dread from creation. A
Yesus Dread ,
a Messian (Christian) Dread. I am connected
with the movement of Rastafari as a part of
my Identity and I believe I have received
that Identity from my Creator, my Father,
and JAH.
I
know I am not the only one. A look at the
emails I receive about it tells me enough.
In fact I am only one out of many. This is
not about me.
And
it’s also not about Mark Mohr.
I
have nothing against Mark Mohr or any
Christafari associate or Christafarian
personally. He came across as a decent nice
person when I met him in 2003.
I
definitely do not want to deny his faith in
Yesus Kristos.
But
I have a lot of doubts, concerns and
critiques concerning the philosophy that he
created.
Although
I’ve never had the chance to have an
in-depth debate with him, I am willing to do
this at any time.
In
the end this is about Yesus Kristos and His
Name should never be trademarked or used as
an alibi for things He never told us to do.
I
wish everyone who has read this essay a lot
of wisdom from JAH.
One
Love,
Messian
Dread
Netherlands,
October 2004
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