{"id":36575,"date":"2023-06-08T02:36:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T02:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rastafarivisions.com\/wordpress\/?p=36575"},"modified":"2023-06-13T14:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T14:38:40","slug":"tricked-and-outsmarted-by-babylon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rastafarivisions.com\/wordpress\/tricked-and-outsmarted-by-babylon\/","title":{"rendered":"TRICKED AND OUTSMARTED BY BABYLON"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"36575\" class=\"elementor elementor-36575\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aecb4d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6aecb4d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42f54ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42f54ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #7a7a52; 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font-size: 24pt; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\">Re &#8220;Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s=Rastafari+gain+sacramental+rights+to+marijuana+in+Antigua+and+Barbuda\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s=Rastafari+gain+sacramental+rights+to+marijuana+in+Antigua+and+Barbuda<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\">BE CAREFUL!<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\">When religion is placed to the front, and African Liberation is placed to the back, the result is separation. Separation from the masses of oppressed African people on the basis of religious exceptionalism. On hindsight, it was a lack of foresight.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<h1 data-first-headword=\"true\">\u00a0<\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">With that exceptionalism comes <strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\">the loss of credibility<\/span><strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/strong>as a genuine African Liberation movement. <strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 32px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>Give your conscience some adrenaline <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>and think about this,<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> or as the old folks used to say,<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>put this in your pipe and smoke it:<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>While The Habitual Persecutors continue<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> to hunt down and persecute and<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>imprison other Africans<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> for a plant,<br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> you will be enjoying the same plant<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><strong>with the protection of <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><strong>the same habitual persecutors.<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 32px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"> But what does this mean?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 12px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><strong>It means that you will have to<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><strong>imprison and suffocate your conscience <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><strong>to enjoy your exceptional religion<\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\">.<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">And that sounds very much like<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">being tricked and outsmarted,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"> and converted to Babylon <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"css-1sprl0b e1wg9v5m5\" data-first-headword=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">in the name of legalization.<br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">So there is nothing to be happy about, <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">except for some strange reason,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"> you are now happy to be among <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif; 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