Raëlism

See also: Raelism

English

Etymology

The movement was founded in the 1970s by "Raël" (Claude Vorilhon). Hence, Raël +‎ -ism

Proper noun

Raëlism

A UFO religion with liberal sexual views, holding that all life on Earth was created in scientific laboratories by extraterrestrials.
- 2001, "Twonky", Which one? (WARNING God stuff) (on newsgroup alt.paranormal.crop-circles)
  Raëlism differs from Deistic Christianity.
- 2003, "Boris Ryser", Relians^[sic].... Things that are not believable (on newsgroup alt.religion.raelian)
  In fact, it is only size itself that separates Raëlism from Christianity or any other accepted religion. Absurdity of beliefs clearly doesn't distinguish a cult.
- 2010, Savasan Yurtsever, Psalms Code, page 61:
  In December 2002, Clonaid, the medical arm of a religion called Raëlism, who believe that aliens introduced human life on Earth, claimed to have successfully cloned a human being.

Synonyms

Raelianism

Hypernyms

UFO religion

Coordinate terms

(religions) religion; Bahá'í Faith,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Christianity,‎ Confucianism,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ paganism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion)} ^[edit]

Related terms

Raëlian

Translations

religion with liberal sexual views

Chinese:
Mandarin: 雷爾運動, 雷尔运动 (Léi'ěr yùndòng), 雷爾教, 雷尔教 (Léi'ěrjiào)
Esperanto: raelismo
Finnish: raëlilaisuus

French: raëlisme (fr) m
Hebrew: הָתְּנוּעָה הָרָאֵלִית‎‎ (Ha-tenu'ah ha-Ra'elit), רָאֵלִים‎‎ (Ra'elim)
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Anagrams

almries, mailers, realism, remails

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