Zen Zion Coptic Orthodox Church
(of Reformed Rastafarianism)

Rasta Without the Dreds

a.k.a. Merry Wonderers

Would the first one to reach nirvana
please turn out the lights when you leave?

ZZCO has been accepted into
Cao-Dai

Jah is God(dess) is Tao is Brahman (any references to "Him" are simply and unfortunately just normal English convention)
I and I are One are Atman
Between I and I and Brahman is the Holy Maya (ether, spirit, illusion, ousia)
Our Emperor is the True King of Israel, directly descended from Solomon
The Original Ark of the Covenant is in in Axum
The Herbs are ours to use (all of them)
The Tao of which one can speak is not The Tao (Lao Tse)
The world is the physical representation of the logos (Socrates)
Desire is the cause of suffering (the Buddha)
We follow Jah's Commandments—but not following them causes Him no ire, nor us any penalty, save that of bothering our brothers
Jesus was our firstborn
Jesus was the first (we know of) to know he was the incarnation of Jah (by that name)
Jesus' sacrifice freed the Israelites from their (unkeepable) Covenant with Jah—THANK GOD!
We are NOT bound by that Covenant as it was made under false pretenses—It is obvious that there was never any extraordinary understanding imparted to us regarding "good" or "evil" through fruit consumption—All we understand is "permitted" and "forbidden"
Vengeance is NOT ours, but self-preservation is
Dreds not required
Male and Female are equally crucial
By their fruit shall you know them—If they are from Jah, it will be clear
Babylon is the DeathKultur—Live in the world, not of it
Tolerance of Intolerance is not Tolerated
Prayer is for rejoicing—Requesting implies we think we don't have what Jah wants us to have
Jah is not bothered if we ask Him for anything (He just does what He will anyway)—Some of us may be bothered if pressured to beg Jah for other than his will
Not asking for any other than Jah's will is echoed in Neitzsche's call (Ecco Homo) to the highest form of worship, "Amor Fati" (love of one's fate)—In doing so, we become Übermenschen (supermen)
Knowing that Jah provides what He will for us as the lilies of the field and the birds of the air, we would be insincere if we were to ask for not his will—If we are capable of asking for what we should know we don't need, we are, as Jean-Paul Sartre put it (Being and Nothingness), living in "Bad Faith" because we have negated our knowledge to hide our own lie from ourselves
We do not practice augury, though we may use the tools thereof to gain insight
Jah gave us the herb, who would that leave to take it away but the other side? (General Hippee Jack—Vernon Brashear 1936-2002)
Nazarites, the Dredded Rastas, are holy men—They, and their women and children are to be honored
As the archaeological evidence indicates that cannabis use was normal at the time of Jesus, and he did not remark on it, it would be sensible to assume that is because he too, thought it normal, and used it
Jesus' title, the "Christ" is taken from the word for Chrism, made from marijuana, cannabis, or 'qhaneh-bosm'— קְנֵה-בֹ֭שֶֹם
Nothing bad will happen to you in a cosmic sense as a result of having been here in the world
Although we celebrate The Sacred Herb specifically, ALL HERBS are ours, and ALL that bring one closer to Jah are considered Holy—These include, but are not limited to: marijuana, peyote, ergot, psiloscybin, salvia, etc.