Why did the Rastafarians think of Haile Selassie as a god?

Answer 1

Mmmm ... The "think of Haile Selassie as a God" , interpretation of your question , is a rather debatable conjecture.

There are many reasons why Rastafaris thought of Haile Selassie as a God !

1} Why cannot God incarnate as a black negroid man , if he is recognised to have incarnated as a mongoloid {Bhudda} as a brown Caucasian {Ram} as an Andalusian {Zeuz}

2} The above contention is mostly brought about by the prevailing racism of the 1920s & the 1930s . Some debate that the Rastafari movement was a backlash to the hypocrisy of the then white racist christian churches , that previously had been complacent in the slave trade

3} Upon further study , many men of that time from the black community , sought strength & belief from the judaic & christian prophecy , concerning a 2nd incarnation of Jesus Christ . This quality of belief some say was imposed onto Haile Selassie , because of his christian judeo beliefs and that he was actually the Emperor of Ethiopia.

Rastafari called Haile Selaisse "Jah" , that was the name they gave to him as an incarnation of God.

Because of Rastafaris judeo christian roots , they saw him as Jesus Christ , in his second incarnation.

These & many more are the many factors that made Rastafaris "think" of Haile Selaisse as God.

Well to start if abrahim or abraraham is the father of king david..then both men could have been kushites which would make them the frist egyptians or ethiopians..also the storey of moses could have made him a kushite..Now since the kingdom of kush is said to have been in egypt,ethiopia,sudan,southern part of arabia and yemen or nothern arabia..some possilble into asia and india...since all ethiopians are kushites then juses is kin to david and soloman ..its said haile selassie is kin to david too...so in fact jesus may not have been full semtic he would have been similar to his kin which are from the horn of Africa..so jesus and his kin skin could be described as bronze,copper or chocolate...the same as ethiopians and egyptians..so haile selassie would look alot like jesus... if he is kin to david this would in fact make him of divine family ..which would mean he would be close to his decendents..

Answer 2

They believe that he was another incarnation of God, alongside the Lord Jesus Christ.

So technically, they believe that God Is a Quartet, rather than a Trinity: The Father, the Son (Jesus), Selassie, & the Holy Spirit.