Raelian movement

The International Raelian Movement—also known as Raëlism, Raëlianism or Raël— is a UFO religion which explains after the rationalization that we are not alone in the universe nor that we are the most advanced race both politically, socially and economically, that we are the creation of extraterrestrial beings of a civilization much more advanced than ours called Elohim, being created all life on Earth through genetic engineering. According to the Raelian creed, a combination between human cloning and "mental transfer" It is ultimately the way to provide humans with the gift of immortality.

Raelism was founded in 1974 by the Frenchman Claude Vorilhon who claims to have been contacted by alien beings and received the mission of making the message known.

The Elohim

The basis of their beliefs is in the existence of the "Elohim", the plural of "Eloha"; which in Hebrew means "Those who came from heaven" mistranslated over the years to the word "God" This on the part of the church that, attempting to maintain its hegemony over believers, mystified the idea of a supernatural being that cannot be understood but can be obeyed at any cost. Elohim is the name of the extraterrestrial civilization, which would have been confused for god or gods in different religions and cultures. This civilization scientifically created all life on Earth through genetic engineering. The date of the creation of man would be only 25,000 years ago. Although they present themselves as scientists, they are reluctant to give scientific demonstrations of their beliefs.

About human cloning

In the scientific community, cloning refers to the creation of a genetically identical individual. There is no scientific evidence to support that the new individual is mentally identical, so it cannot be ensured that this type of cloning reproduces the memories or experience of one person to another.

In 2002, the Raelian company Clonaid announced its intention to clone a human being for the first time in history, although medical professionals and scientists saw this goal as highly unlikely given the technology of the time.

On December 31, 2002, Brigitte Boisselier, a Raelian scientist of French origin, stated that the company had managed to deliver a girl by cesarean section, supposedly the first clone in human history. On New Year's Day 2003, the news spread through the international press. The Raelians provided no evidence of this birth. They also did not publish the methodology scientifically or show the facilities or technology used. Not even any evidence that the newborn was really a clone, appealing to the right of these babies to lead a normal life, thus preventing them from living a life exposed to the tabloid press as you argue would have been that of Louise Brown, the first baby born by the in vitro fertilization technique ("test tube"). Boisselier claims that if she provided evidence she would be imprisoned in her country of origin, because new French legislation prohibits these practices. The scientific consensus is that it was all a fraud to gain publicity, since there was never any attempt to prove the claims.

Homosexuality

Raelians consider homosexuality as a natural human condition and are activists for the rights of the LGBT community, participating in gay pride marches around the world. Rael affirms that "homosexuality is genetic" and in 2004 he founded the non-profit organization & # 34; ARAMIS INTERNATIONAL & # 34; (Raelian Association of Sexual Minorities) with the aim that people can develop without guilt by expressing their real sexual orientation.

Geniocracy and paraism

This is the political aspect with which it is ensured that it is possible to reach a new form of government that they call geniocracy or government of the geniuses for the world. To aspire to occupy a government position it would be necessary to have a potential intelligence (they do not refer to the IQ) of at least 50% above the average, and to be able to vote it would be necessary to have 10% above the average.

Rael, in his book Geniocracy, maintains that nations function like a human body in which each individual is a "cell", thus each having a main task, arguing: "all cells are important, but the cells in the foot perform the function of walking, and the cells of the brain perform the function of thinking."

He also maintains that with geniocracy manual labor will no longer be necessary, since in the short term, this would be replaced by robots until a self-sustaining life system is created.

On August 31, 2009, Rael describes a new economic system called "Paraism", which is similar to communism but without a proletariat, where work is completely done by robots and currently existing advanced computer technology on the planet, globalizing production, thus completely freeing human beings from work and money. It is called Paraism because with this system a paradise will be created on Earth. Raelians around the world are preaching this system with the goal that rulers can quickly implement it across the planet. Also mentioning that Paraism is the system that is currently in operation on the planet of the Elohim.

Controversies

Raelians, due to their ideology of complete sexual freedom between two or more adults, are often the target of sexual accusations, such as the accusation of pedophilia. The Raelian Movement affirms that pedophilia is a mental illness, and draws attention to the event in the world thanks to Nopedo, a non-profit organization whose mission is to alert parents to protect their children from pedophile priests.. The Raelian Movement claims to have a strict policy of not only immediately expelling any member suspected of being a pedophile or engaging in sexual activity with minors, but also immediately reporting them to the authorities.

Another controversy has been the constant request for money and permits to build an "embassy and landing strip" for UFOs somewhere in the world, a request that has been rejected in the requested countries, for demanding a statute of extraterritoriality for the chosen place.