Raëlism | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-03-20

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00:02:11 1 History
00:03:25 2 Demographics
00:04:38 2.1 Member hierarchy
00:06:02 2.2 Women-only groups
00:08:24 3 Rites and practices
00:08:33 3.1 Initiation
00:08:42 3.1.1 Ceremony
00:09:51 3.1.2 Ceremonial dates
00:10:43 3.2 Sensual Meditation
00:11:11 4 Other activities, outreach and advocacy
00:11:56 4.1 UFO exhibits
00:12:26 4.2 Seminars
00:14:28 4.3 Activism
00:17:08 4.4 Converts from other religions
00:18:08 4.5 Intentional controversy
00:19:44 5 Beliefs
00:23:02 5.1 Voluntarism
00:24:14 5.2 Human cloning
00:25:04 5.2.1 Clonaid
00:26:53 5.3 Ethics
00:27:01 5.3.1 LGBT issues
00:27:24 5.3.2 Sensuality and pleasure
00:28:36 5.3.3 Views on pedophilia
00:29:34 5.4 Structure of the Universe
00:30:58 5.5 Intelligent Design
00:31:07 5.5.1 Creation of life on Earth by extraterrestrials
00:33:46 5.5.2 Humanity's chance of creating life on other planets
00:34:48 5.6 A coming judgment
00:35:48 5.7 Embassy for Extraterrestrials
00:37:21 5.7.1 Proposed architecture and location
00:39:22 5.8 A form of meritocracy
00:40:47 5.8.1 Status
00:43:06 5.9 Religious symbol
00:45:27 6 Reception
00:46:51 7 See also



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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 humanoid 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, Muhammad and others who informed humans of each era. The founder of Raëlism 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 Raëlian Church has a quasi-clerical structure of seven levels. Joining the movement requires an official apostasy from other religions. Raëlian ethics include striving for world peace, sharing, democracy and nonviolence.Raël founded Clonaid (originally Valiant Venture Ltd Corporation) in 1997, but then handed it over to a Raëlian bishop, Brigitte Boisselier in 2000. In 2002 the company said that an American woman underwent a standard cloning procedure that led to the birth of a daughter, Eve (b. 26 December 2002). Although few believe the claim, it nonetheless attracted national authorities and the mainstream media to look further into the Raëlians' cult status.
The Raëlians frequently claim the swastika as a symbol of peace, which halted Raëlian requests for territory in Israel, and later Lebanon, for establishing an embassy for extraterrestrials.  The religion also uses the swastika embedded on the Star of David.  Between 1991 and 2007, this symbol was often replaced by a variant star and swirl symbol in an attempt to improve public relations, particularly with Israel.