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Selassie's answer: "I have heard of that idea. I also met certain Rastafarians. I told them clearly that I am a man, that I am mortal, and that I will be replaced by the oncoming generation, and that they should never make a mistake in assuming or pretending that a human being is emanated from a deity."
deity
A god or goddess.
The essential nature or condition of being a god; divinity.
Deity God.
em·a·nate
To come or send forth, as from a source: light that emanated from a lamp; a stove that emanated a steady heat.
Above are the definitions of what I see as the key words in this paragraph...
from my ability to discern what RASTA has been saying...the deity can emanate from the human being...
And again I will state...This interviewer, a white man was interviewing H.I.M. THE BLACK KING, in a white country during the 70's....for those who have ears....
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