Ises I
Yes I,Royal daughter, i think know what you mean, and i think i would also agree with your hypotheses, that is if i am correct on your meaning here. It usually works that way.
The way i sight it is ,i will try to form an example
say you bring an animal before a person and you tell them, this is a,lets say, a cat.
Assuming that that person has never seen a cat but only heard about cats, the first thing his/her mind will do is check for all the things he/she has heard or believes to be true about cats. so, they will start going down the list,...like
does it have paws....check
whiskers......check
does it meaow....check
and so on, then they would say, yes thats a cat
But now coming to the reality of the Almighty, it is a big problem, for mankind rarely sees the Almighty as the Almighty is, instead all their expectations,their beliefs etc will come into the equation
So,when you tell them, King Selassie is the Almighty, instead of sighting HIM with a clear mind and eyes, they start going through everything that they have heard of the Almighty, what they have been told, what they believe to be true of the Almighty.
So,when ini say HIM is the Almighty
if they believe God to be a judgemental and jealous God,they look at Selassie I and ask, is He judgemental and jealous, etc
and if what they see of King Selassie doesnt meet the criteria of what they believe the Almighty to be, then thats it, they will never accept HIM.
A real backward way of thinking,as i sight it. Why?
instead of projecting their beliefs unto Selassie I, if they would just humble and see King Selassie I, they would know the Almighty
Blessed be
Rastafari
did i say how glad i am to have the i back, Empress?
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