Black Heart,
INI see what the I is sayin but it is truly irrelevant to how one should "choose" to live (which was the initial question of this post). No one should "choose a sect" to join. All people are influenced by culture, upbringing, socialization, and other environmental factors that have an impact on their livity and indeed create differences amongst the nations. But not all of these practices are in accordance with Jah guidance, which is why each I must take it upon themselves to rise above any "sect" in order to make holistic, Iniversal considerations before acting. Take the example of eating fish; Some people depend on fish or even other animals for their daily sustenance, while others have no need to eat fish or consume any flesh. It is when these practices are nonessential and result in needless excess that they are no longer living by the Most High standards of balance and equity. Actions that lack respect for Mother Earth should be avoided by EVERYONE, not just a particular "sect." "Sects" are completely irrelevant to how INI all should be focusing our livity. Integrity is not sectarian, tolerance is not sectarian, virtue is not sectarian, blessedness is not sectarian, majesty is not sectarian, and all other notions that RastafarI stand for are NOT SECTARIAN.
Categorizing differences is not the work of RastafarI.
Constructing barriers between people achieves nothing.
What Iman focus on includes recognizing and bringing forth commonalities in order to create greater Inity between people. Yes, I and I differences are crucial to overstand the whole picture, but all must recognize that each life is interconnected and rooted in the same Higher Power. Yes I still, there are many roads that lead to the same overstanding.
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