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56 Incredibly Bizarre History of Raelism

The Incredibly Bizarre

History Of Raëlism, The

Largest UFO-Worshipping

Religion Of All Time

by Jacob Shelton

When you think of cults you probably think of
women carving Xs in their heads or deadly
Kool-Aid However, there’s one active cult that’s
definitely not about that kind of stuff at all:
Raëlism is a modern day UFO religion based
around the idea that humans come from the stars
and that we need to have as much sex as possible
so that when our alien parents come back to
earth we’re genetically pure. But really that’s
just one of the Raëlian beliefs that will send your
mind reeling.

This cult that worships UFOs was created by a
French journalist named Raël who claims he
was abducted by aliens in the 70s, and it’s one of
the few thriving UFO cults left in the world. If
the idea of a cult that worships real aliens has
piqued your fancy then you probably have some The Main Tenants Of Raelism with kind of a Magic Eye spiral thing.
very practical questions. For instance, how
many Raëlians are there? Or, are there famous What do the Raëlians actually believe outside of Raëliens Get Sexy
Raëlians? Keep reading to find out, but don’t be their leader's weird story about alien abduction
surprised if you run off to join this groovy alien and people being half Elohim? According to With all of this business about aliens creating
sex cult. Glenn Carter, the President of the UK branch of humans in laboratories you're probably
the movement since 2002, explained to the wondering how the Raëliens feel about sex. Do
Who's Behind Raëlism? Daily Mail that "Being Raëlian means that I they shy away from it like other famed UFO cult
believe in the fact that all life on earth was Heaven's Gate? Or are they purely a hedonistic
The religion's founder goes by Raël but he was created by the Elohim; a society who came to sex cult? It's tricky. On the surface Raëliens are
born Claude Vorilhon in France in 1946. earth 25,000 years ago specifically to create very sex positive and forward thinking about
Vorilhon was working as a "French sports car life." He continued, saying that their goal is to feminism. In 2012 they put on a "Go Topless"
journalist" (weren't the 70s amazing?) when he open the world's minds to concept that humans protest in Toronto to encourage the local
was abducted by aliens at a volcanic crater near were created in a lab and not by some authority to allow women to go braless in
Auvergne, France. He claimed that the four foot mysterious god. At some point they'd like to public.
tall green aliens who picked him up said that he "create an embassy in order to facilitate and
was the perfect guy to explain the plan of the welcome the return of the Elohim to Earth." Unfortunately the movement's sex positivity
aliens to the world because he was just a regular isn't purely altruistic; in fact, most of it is just
guy. He wasn't some egghead who would To create an embassy the Raëlians need to have downright gross. A major part of Raël's
complicate things with science, and he wasn't a money, and to get that money they've made one teachings is that sex is meant to be solely for
writer so he wouldn't "make up convoluted of their main commandments that if you're in the pleasure as a way to purify the gene pool.
sentences that most people wouldn't be able to religion you have to give 1% of your annual According to Medium Raël invited followers to
read." Over a series of meetings the aliens income to help the movement with its physical seminars where they would ditch their hang ups
explained their whole interplanetary deal to infrastructure. To be fair to the Raëlians, that 1% about monogamous relationships and gender
Vorilhon and finally gave him the name Raël. He probably adds up to about as much as you would norms and have sex with each other. However
began working on his first book of scripture tithe to your church even if you weren't in a the Raëliens are quick to point out that they don't
during this series of UFO-based meetings. weirdo alien sex religion. "organize orgies." But if an orgy just happens to
break out at a seminar who's going to stop it?
The Elohim Raëlism Is Really Into Using Swastikas
The Order Of Angels
Now that you know who Raël is, it's time to You may have noticed that the Raëlism logo is a
understand the extra terrestrials who tapped him mixture of a star of David and a swastika. Yikes. The further you delve into the teachings of Raël
to be the savior of earth. The aliens explained Thankfully Raëlism has an FAQ on their website the more it seems like the religion was a quickly
that they were the "Elohim", humanoid aliens that asks the questions that the world has on the cooked up scheme to help an old French guy
who were 25,000 years more advanced than the tip of its tongue. Question #16(!) on their FAQ have sex with babes from across the world.
people of earth. In fact they weren't just super asks, "What's with the Swastika?" Yes, Raëlins, According to Raël he received a vision from the
advanced beings who wanted to help out exactly what's up with the swastika? Elohim in the late 90s claiming that they would
earthlings - they had actually created humans in Unfortunately their answer doesn't provide be coming to earth sooner than later. Because of
a lab and sent them to earth. Prophets like Jesus, much of an answer. "The star of David that he needed to put together a group of
Mohammed, and especially Raël were half- represents infinity in space whereas the swastika beautiful women to act as hostesses when the
Elohim, giving them a pass to act outside of the represents infinity in time i.e. there being no aliens arrived. That was when Raël began to put
norms of human behavior. That half-Elohim beginning, no end in time and everything being together his "order of angels."
DNA also means that Raël is allowed to have cyclical." In 1991 the Raëlians got the message
sex with a special collection of women who that people don't like looking at swastikas when
have joined his religion. What a surprise. they were banned from opening "extraterrestrial (Continued on Page 57)
embassies" in Israel and Lebanon and replaced it