Re: [HOE] Blessed denominational question, HOE edition :)

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

While I am not up on the Rastafarian beliefs, I have difficulty believing 
that they are as different as the various flavors of Christianity, Judaism, 
Muslim. . . Hindu, Buddhist and Taosist.

All of whom have their Blessed. :-)

At 11:55 PM 9/25/00 -0600, you wrote:
 >I've been doing a little research into creating a Rastafarian Blessed for
 >use in a HOE campaign, as I want to play a character that isn't just a
 >shallow stereotype. What I looked up made me wonder though.. would
 >Rastafarians be considered Christian for the purposes of miracle use in HOE?
 >After all, they do believe that the Bible is the word of God (er, Jah) and
 >in Christ's divinity. On the flip side, their Afro-centric interpretation of
 >the Bible is significantly different from that of other Christians, and they
 >believe that Christ has already been reborn as Emperor Haile Selassie I of
 >Ethiopia. While I know that denomination questions don't come up terribly
 >often in HOE (not many people have faith in any God any more, eh), I'd
 >appreciate any opinions you folks might have on this.
 >
 >Grant Vanderhule
 >
 >
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