I lived with a Rastafarian in South Africa for a while (I was a white European 19yo). He thought me a lot about atheism and Greek philosophy. He showed me that

I lived with a Rastafarian in South Africa for a while (I was a white European 19yo). He thought me a lot about atheism and Greek philosophy. He showed me that men should live a good life, be kind, not for heavenly spite or reward, but because "being good is something you yourself want" (as told by the Greek cynics). He had an unofficial dog-shelter, because, while being atheist, he did believe in reincarnation (a common Rastafarian theme), and that you should be good to animals because they may very well be your grandmother. He therefore also was the only (other) vegetarian, that I knew of, in a capital city of a former South African Thuisland.