#raelism

[tinyuglyworld]

The Founder of the Raelian Movement sitting in front of a model of a double helix as he announces the supposed cloning of a human child

Scanned from Invitation to World Religions: Oxford University Press Textbook

[creature-wizard]

Hey, do you have any resources on Raëlism? It seems pretty similar to some other New Age stuff but I’m having trouble verbalising how.

I basically know it from the wikipedia page. It's another spin on the ancient astronaut hypothesis, which is something New Agers are all about these days.

[eirikrjs]

Outside of the obvious Spock hand thing, do you know if anything inspired the P2 Bolontiku design? Something else from Star Trek?

Muuuuuuuuhhhh, I have no idea. But I have a hunch, and it's telling me Raelism.

Fringe UFO religion and somehow mildly notable in South Korea and Japan. I could see Kaneko being at least aware of it. Nothing I've seen or know about it resembles Bolontiku, though.

[wiccadpodcaster-blog]

We should respect all religions, especially those of the New Age. 

Creds to my amazingly talented friend @tiana425​!

[insanezaine]

Take me away

Mindlessly scrolling through a feed

My soul has traveled millions of lightyears and is in a constant state of confusion

What is this information I am processing

They placed me here on a whem

But miscalculated the space-time continuum

So I lay here waiting for the correction

Surrounded by mindless humans tied to technology

When will my mothership arrive and free me from human emotion

Save me from this chaos!

My soul is in a constant state of confusion

When they spoke of human creation, they did not mention this complexity

What are you saying?

Why does the words coming from your vocal cords negate your actions?

Why is one human considered lessor than another?

My soul is in a constant state of confusion

My home planet is unlike earth

My species differs greatly from your human species

We are a generous "people"

Unlike your kind, we do not harbor all resources and charge another for what is given naturally

My soul is in a constant state of confusion

They placed me amongst the most violent species I have come across

I have never heard of such "wars"

You kill a fellow human for their oppositions?

For naturally given bounties?

For their contradictory beliefs?

My soul is in a content state of confusion!

On my home planet, "gender" is not a concept.

Here on earth, gender is a social construct that further separates humanity from humanity

Gives way to allow humans to condemn another for whom they love!

Love! An emotion that should be widely accepted and spread throughout

This social construct gives way to elevate members of one "gender" and suppress others

My soul is in a constant state of confusion

Take me away from this planet

For I don't want to human

-Zaine

[alien-search-and-rescue-team]

A non exhaustive list of UFO religious groups

                                             Raëlism

“Raëlism (also known as Raëlianism or the Raëlian movement) is a UFO religion that was founded in 1974 by Claude Vorilhon (b. 1946), now known as Raël. The Raëlian Movement teaches that life on Earth was scientifically created by a species of extraterrestrials, which they call the Elohim. Members of this species appeared human when having personal contacts with the descendants of the humans that they made. They purposefully misinformed early humanity that they were angels, cherubim, or gods. Raëlians believe that messengers, or prophets, of the Elohim include Buddha, Jesus, and others who informed humans of each era. The founder of Raëlism, members claim, received the final message of the Elohim and that its purpose is to inform the world about Elohim and that if humans become aware and peaceful enough, they wish to be welcomed by them.”

                                   The Nuwaubian Nation

“The Nuwaubian Nation or Nuwaubian movement was a religious organization founded and led by Dwight York. York began founding Black Muslim groups in New York in 1967. He changed his teachings and the names of his groups many times, incorporating concepts from Judaism, Christianity, and many esoteric beliefs.In the late 1980s, he abandoned the Muslim theology of his movement in favor of Kemetism and UFO religion. In 1991 he took his community to settle in upstate New York; then they moved near the county seat of Eatonton, Georgia, in Putnam County. His followers built an ancient Egypt-themed compound called Tama-Re and changed their name to the "United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors.””

                                      The Universe People

 “ Universe People or Cosmic People of Light Powers (Czech: Vesmírní lidé sil světla) is a Czech and Slovak UFO religion founded in the 1990s and centered on Ivo A. Benda. Their belief system is based upon the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations communicating with Benda and other contactees since October 1997 telepathically and later even by direct personal contact. They are considered to be the most distinctive UFO religion in the Czech Republic.“ 

                                                                                 Scientology

“Scientology is a body of religious beliefs and practices created in 1954 by American author L. Ron Hubbard (1911–86). Hubbard initially developed a program of ideas called Dianetics, which was distributed through the Dianetics Foundation. The foundation soon entered bankruptcy and Hubbard lost the rights to his seminal publication Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health in 1952. He then recharacterized the subject as a religion and renamed it Scientology, retaining the terminology, doctrines, the E-meter, and the practice of auditing. Within a year, he regained the rights to Dianetics and retained both subjects under the umbrella of the Church of Scientology.

 In the OT levels, Hubbard explains how to reverse the effects of past-life trauma patterns that supposedly extend millions of years into the past. Among these advanced teachings is the story of Xenu (sometimes Xemu), introduced as the tyrant ruler of the "Galactic Confederacy". According to this story, 75 million years ago Xenu brought billions of people to Earth in spacecraft resembling Douglas DC-8 airliners, stacked them around volcanoes and detonated hydrogen bombs in the volcanoes. The thetans then clustered together, stuck to the bodies of the living, and continue to do this today. “         

                                                                              Heaven’s Gate

“ Heaven's Gate was an American UFO religious millenarian group based in San Diego, California, founded in the early 1970s and led by Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985). On March 26, 1997, police discovered the bodies of 39 members of the group who had committed mass suicide in order to reach what they believed was an extraterrestrial spacecraft following Comet Hale–Bopp.

Heaven's Gate members believed the planet Earth was about to be "recycled" (wiped clean, renewed, refurbished, and rejuvenated), and the only chance to survive was to leave it immediately. While the group was against suicide, they defined "suicide" in their own context to mean "to turn against the Next Level when it is being offered" and believed their "human" bodies were only vessels meant to help them on their journey. In conversation, when referring to a person or a person's body, they routinely used the word "vehicle””                                      

                                  Church of the SubGenius

“The Church of the SubGenius is a parody religion that satirizes better-known belief systems. It teaches a complex philosophy that focuses on J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, purportedly a salesman from the 1950s, who is revered as a prophet by the Church. SubGenius leaders have developed detailed narratives about Dobbs and his relationship to various gods and conspiracies. Their central deity, Jehovah 1, is accompanied by other gods drawn from ancient mythology and popular fiction. SubGenius literature describes a grand conspiracy that seeks to brainwash the world and oppress Dobbs' followers. In its narratives, the Church presents a blend of cultural references in an elaborate remix of the sources.“                  

                                                                  Aetherius Society

“The Aetherius Society is a millenarian, New Age, UFO religion. It was founded by George King in the mid-1950s as the result of what King claimed were contacts with extraterrestrial intelligences, whom he referred to as “Cosmic Masters”. Regarded as firmly based in Theosophy, the Aetherius Society combines UFO claims, yoga, and ideas from various world religions, notably Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. Stefan Isaksson notes that it has “become a complex religious belief system that includes an extraterrestrial hierarchy of various spiritual masters and such concepts as universal karma and religious healing.” The religion's goal is to prevent worldly destruction by improving cooperation between humanity and various alien 'masters',and by using 'spiritual energy' to improve the spiritual calibre of the world “

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Are the Raelians A Dangerous Cult?

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