Religion Some contributors refer to the Rastafarian religion All dictionaries define religion as a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices or similar Religions write down their curriculum and document everything in detail Relgions can be propagated and repeated indefinitely They are a managed and organized teaching system The Rastafarian religion doesn t meet this test In the truest dictionary sense Rastafarianism is not a religion It is a folk cult i e A faddish devotion to or veneration for a person principle or thing and varies from person to person and village to village Definitions are from dictionary com