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| − | '''Raëlism''' is a [[religion]] that believes all living things were created by [[extraterrestrial being]]s. It was founded in [[France]] by Raël (aka Claude Vorilhon) in 1974 and grew to be known as "the largest UFO religion in the world". It made news in 2002 when Raëlian corporation | + | '''Raëlism''' is a [[religion]] that believes all living things were created by [[extraterrestrial being]]s. It was founded in [[France]] by Raël (aka Claude Vorilhon) in 1974 and grew to be known as "the largest UFO religion in the world". It made news in 2002 when the Raëlian corporation Clonaid claimed it had cloned a human baby. |
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If you find yourself here, you were probably looking for Realism.
Raëlism is a religion that believes all living things were created by extraterrestrial beings. It was founded in France by Raël (aka Claude Vorilhon) in 1974 and grew to be known as "the largest UFO religion in the world". It made news in 2002 when the Raëlian corporation Clonaid claimed it had cloned a human baby.
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Code of ethics
Raëlians must abstain from the use of tobacco, coffee, and recreational drugs, while limiting alcohol use. Homosexuality, masturbation, and bisexuality are accepted, as long as the acts are consensual. Pedophilia, however, is right out.[1] No child should be expected to witness adult nudity and exist in an environment so close to people having orgies.[2]
Despite this his estranged former wife claims that the group leader, Vorilhon was routinely unfaithful to her, bringing groups of female Raëlians home and holding orgies, which affected the children from an early age.
Beliefs
Raëlians enjoy nudity, and are very liberal with their sexual freedom. They are atheists in that they do not believe in any god, and they believe the universe is infinite in time. They do not worship their alien creators, as they are not supreme beings, just beings with superior technology. [3] They believe that our creators were created by some other creators, who in turn were created by a previous generation of creators, and we in turn will create. Whew. The circle of life. The aliens in question are human, through all generations, and, using DNA, created all life on Earth, a form of intelligent design, alien design must deal with problems of bad design, eg the supposed design of the human prostate as must proponents of supernatural design.[4]
The creators, known as Elohim, kept in touch with us via prophets, such as Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad.
This doesn’t look very plausible but it’s actually more reasonable than supernatural religions because it assumes only natural forces. Supernatural religions add a further assumption that the supernatural exists which makes such religions even less likely, see Occam's razor.[5]
Symbol
The Raëlians use a swastika, a symbol of good luck. The swastika is located within a Star of David, giving many people fits as to its connotations. The swastika represents infinity of time, and the Star represents infinity of space.[6] The Raëlians eventually changed this symbol when the Israeli government denied them the ability to build an embassy for the aliens in Jerusalem using that symbol.
Clonaid
In 2002, Clonaid claimed it had created a child, Eve, through clone technology. Clonaid's CEO is Brigitte Boisselier, a Raëlian since 1992. The news of the cloning was widely viewed as a publicity stunt and a hoax, as no evidence of said cloned child was ever made public.
Other services offered by Clonaid
- Insuraclone – preserve your cells for a lifetime!
- Ovulaid – Not egg flavored kool aid, but a service for infertile women, allowing them to choose their child's appearance based on a catalog of the donors' pictures.
- Clonapet – Not a new allergy medication, but a service intended to clone dead Fido.[7]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Wikipedia - Raëlism
- ↑ http://www.rickross.com/reference/raelians/raelians68.html
- ↑ http://rael.org/e107_plugins/faq/faq.php?cat.1.6
- ↑ http://home.freeuk.net/worldling/poems/idlim.html.
- ↑ http://www.rael.org/rael_content/rael_summary.php
- ↑ http://www.proswastika.org/page.php?2.1
- ↑ http://www.clonaid.com/page.php?8
