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(refering to the quotes below in this page)
is an interesting posting. Not only, because
the author of the "question" can
be proven incorrect in his statements
concerning his own actions, but also because
of the many premises in the posting, that
seem to ge unnoticed at first glance.
First, it is kind of strange of this
"Jah Servant" to post this
question on a forum where it is known to be
anti-Rasta. This is allready a sign.
Then, as you can see, "Rasta"
stands for "anti-christian" or at
least "non-christian". If you ask
a "Rasta" if he has a
"problem" with "music that
proclaims Christ" you have the
presumption that "they" would have
a "problem" with "christ".
quote: I can only speak for myself. I am
not anti-Rasta, I haven't worked with any
artists who are downbeating Rasta in their
songs.
This is incorrect. "Jah Servant"
publishes his material willingly through the
"Lion of Zion" complex. He has
participated with this "Jah Pickney",
another anti-Rasta from the Lion of Zion
stable. You can simply see that when you
check the "gospel reggae" albums
that is sold at the "lie-on of
$ion" complex.
Lion of Zion claims the following about
music that is not sold by them:
Christ alone is the Lord of my
life. So when I listen to a reggae song
that praises Rastafari, giving worship to
Selassie, I get convicted. My spirit does
not agree with this. I then have to ask
myself this question: if Shadrach, and his
brothers refused to bow to the false god
when the music played, why would they then
go out and buy a CD full of this same
music and listen to it daily? They
wouldn't!
LINK
Quote: I have worked with people who are
only proclaiming Christ and on a scriptural
basis.
This is his description of Christafari,
"Jah Pickney" and the rest of the
"gospel reggae stable" of
Christafari. These people are not
"proclaiming Christ" at all. They
sing political correct slogans that
incorporate the words "geezus christ"
or even "jah" but their god is not
the Creator JAH RASTAFARI.
Quote: I have been into reggae music for
over half of my life, do you find it wrong
for me to make music to glorify Jah? I have
given my abilities to God, I don't deal with
any slack music.
This is ofcourse a rhetorical question. It
might be, that this "Jah Servant"
doesn't realize so himself, that He is not
glorifying Jah at all with his music when he
puts it in the christian industry for his
"fellow christians" to be able to
"enjoy": music that is not
"contaminated" with heathen stuff
such as "Rasta". But it doesn't
take away the fact that there is no
"glorification of Jah" at all in
this anti rasta culture of the christafari
CULT.
Quote: I make music for those who are
like me, people who follow Christ who like
reggae music.
Now, this is exactly what this whole
"gospel reggae" CRAZE stands
for. Entertaintment of people who think they
are "christian". Yes, you can
allready see here how his music is not
"glorifying Jah" at all, but
intended to be entertaintment for (quote)
"those who are just like me".
For this, in the spirit of Christafarianism,
things are (in words of Christafari)
"adopted for these are not a sin".
Wearing "dreadlocks" (also earring
and other jewelry are frequently worn by the
"christafari dreads" in their
VANITY), "using" the
"word" "Jah", all these
things are part of the image of the
"artists" that under the guise of
"glorifying Jah" simply "make
music for those who are like me".
Quote: I'm not trying to convert Rasta's,
this is not my calling
He leaves THAT to the trained missionairies
such as Mark Mohr who claims that Goth has
called him to "reach the rastas".
But he surely considers it a
"calling", not an abomination.
Quote: There are many other people who
like reggae who aren't Rasta than those who
listen to reggae who are Rasta, is it wrong
for them to hear about Christ?
Yes, besides "Rastas" there are
enough other people who like Reggae..... And
they hear about Christ allready, many many
many many many times! Through the Rastas and
the Yesus Dreads Reggae Music has allways
been a vessel for the Worship of JAH
RASTAFARI, Who is the Creator and Who says
to beware of the false gospels coming form
the sicalled christian industry.
they hear about "geezus christ"
too, by ones like "jah pickney",
"christafari", "jah
servants", "solomon jabby",
and name the whole stable of "true
christian reggae artists" from the Lion
of Zion Human Market Place. And what they
hear is watered down Reggae, with a NEW
WORLD ORDER message, babylon style fe true.
quote: Is it wrong for me to make
music that is not slack, for those with
moral standards to listen to?
It is wrong of you, "Jah Servant",
to lie about your own personality, your
aims, your actions, your culture. For you
are continually judging "Rastas"
and "Yesus Dreads", you consider
them to be idol worshippers.
I was asked, a few months ago, to
participate in a musical project. It turned
out, that this "Jah Servant" was
also involved. And when he found out, that I
was asked for this project, he wrote an
email to the organizer and it carried the
following statements:
"I think that having Jetze on the
project would be good as far as a business
move, but I can't go along with it. He's
never done anything to me and I have
nothing against him. But the problem
I do have is this. If he's on
the project then he'll be promoting the
project, people will go to his website and
read all his writings and reasonings, and
I can't agree with alot of it and I'm not
sure that this is the face of Christ that
we want to put forward to people. I
don't want people to think that this is
what it is to be a follower of Jesus.
That it's ok to smoke ganja is a
major thing to me, I can't be involved in
a gospel project with this"
Even after this, "Jah Servant"
admitted how he was inpired by Lion of Zion
and christafari to not even visit this
website. He admitted how he didn't even know
what "my reasonings" contains! He
only knows that I smoke weed and that for
him is a reason to not consider me "christian".
And now he asks "Rastas" what's
wrong with this all...
So where he writes about his christian
music, you see how this "christianity"
needs some side-noting. For the Christianity
that "Jah Servant" claims to stand
for, is defined by his master pastor
"Mark Mohr", who claims:
I would ask: "Who is Christ to
you?" "Who is Selassie to
you?" and: "Do you smoke
ganja?" How he answered those
questions would determine whether or no I
would label him a "gospel
artist" and add him to our webstore.
LINK
QUOTE: I ask because it seems that any
follower of Christ that makes reggae music
is being labelled and judged, without being
known or spoken to.
What a hypocrite. Simply take a look at the
quote from the private email. He is judging
others without speaking to them!
QUOTE: You can't judge all Christians any
more than I could judge all Rasta's, when we
stand before Jah on judgement day it will be
on an individual basis, not with a group.
However, what he does is judging Rastas.
Allready in this posting he does it. He
places them opposite of what he calls
Christians, he asks Rastas if they have
anything against "his kind of
thing" which is then obviously
different then the "rasta thing"
so to speak.
What he is also doing, is trying to deal
with some feeling he seems to have, some
feeling that he personally feels. What do I
say with this? You can, if you check, on
this website find many examples of persons
who come here, in an attempt to white wash
themselves.
Check for example the letter from the man
who calls himself a "cool poete"
who wrote an "open letter to the
dubvroom about crc/loz".
They feel some thing. Because they thought
that they could use or look at Messian Dread
and others like one's who are also in the
christian industry. Ones who are also
"anti rasta" as the Christ-a-far-i
Cult is.
For years they have uses the Dubroom and my
name to forward themselves. And I say,
enough is enough. When they post those
hypocritical postings on the Lion of Zion
forum, I will expose what they are doing.
For the LOVE and HAPPINESS with the TRUTH.
RASTAFARI.
QUOTE: What's important is that we are
able to stand on that day and hear
"well done good and faithful servant,
you may enter into my rest". Your
opinion is appreciated very much.
Well, "Jah "servant"", I
hope for you that creating music to
entertain christians in a christian industry
while "adopting" rasta IMAGE in
some attempt to create a self-satisfactory
"Rasta" IMITATION to have a
"good feeling of fellowshipping amongst
people who are just like me" wll get
you a great reward from the One you claim to
follow. But I have the idea, that when you
look in your Bible you will see very clearly
how you can better choose a different way to
"please Jah"....
After all, Yesus really did not die so that
you can be a gospel reggae star
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Jah Servant
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Joined: 01 Jun 2003
Posts: 367
Location: Canada
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:48 pm
Post subject: Christ in reggae
Here's a question for all Rasta's on the
board.
Do you have a problem with people making
reggae music that proclaims Christ?
I can only speak for myself. I am not
anti-Rasta, I haven't worked with any
artists who are downbeating Rasta in their
songs. I have worked with people who are
only proclaiming Christ and on a scriptural
basis. I have been into reggae music for
over half of my life, do you find it wrong
for me to make music to glorify Jah? I have
given my abilities to God, I don't deal with
any slack music. I make music for those who
are like me, people who follow Christ who
like reggae music. I'm not trying to convert
Rasta's, this is not my calling. There are
many other people who like reggae who aren't
Rasta than those who listen to reggae who
are Rasta, is it wrong for them to hear
about Christ? Is it wrong for me to make
music that is not slack, for those with
moral standards to listen to? I ask because
it seems that any follower of Christ that
makes reggae music is being labelled and
judged, without being known or spoken to.
You can't judge all Christians any more than
I could judge all Rasta's, when we stand
before Jah on judgement day it will be on an
individual basis, not with a group. What's
important is that we are able to stand on
that day and hear "well done good and
faithful servant, you may enter into my
rest". Your opinion is appreciated very
much.
Grace & Peace
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warthog
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Joined: 19 Jun 2004
Posts: 125
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:12 am
Post subject:
I start by telling or reminding/correcting
MARK MOHR( christafari staff..) if no one
had; raggae did not start in the X-RISTIAN(
catholic/baptist...) church. Reggae started
amongst the concious rasta brethren who were
gifted enough by creator JAH RASTAFARI to
sing...
I dont think its wrong to sing about christ.
I think its wrong to rob( deny..) & not
raspect the root where it came from(
rastafari....)
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Iton_I
Joined: 31 Mar 2005
Posts: 11
Location: from Creation and Forward to Zion
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:38 pm
Post subject:
why would it be wrong InI hear christ being
sang about in ancient reggae riddims
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