Brenton
Raelians
January 29th 2007 01:16
Hah! You mock the Scientologists! Well, there’s a possie much stranger then that. They’re called the Raelians.
You’ve probably heard of them during the debate on human cloning. They’re the ones who claimed they’d made the first human clone, although that’s not particularly well verified, and would be, at this stage, an apparent lie.
So, perhaps the strangest thing about the Raelians, is despite their ability to meet all of the technical requirements of a cult, their pretty much exempt from all the negative secret dirty business other cults seem fond of. This could possibly be because unlike many other anally-retentive cults, the raelians are… well… relaxed. According to the Wikipedia article, they’ve been descried by an expert on cults, as one of the most open cults in existence.
Perhaps the reason so many people dig the Raelian movement is because they represent, at least sexually, the antithesis of most Western Religions. The Raelians consider their understanding of spirituality to regard the pursuit of pleasure, especially sexually as being of high importance. This can be seen in their practices of sensual meditation.
Were I to need to conclude, I’d really have to say that while a bit of the unusual side, the Raeliens seem like decent folk. And really – isn’t that the important thing?
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You’ve probably heard of them during the debate on human cloning. They’re the ones who claimed they’d made the first human clone, although that’s not particularly well verified, and would be, at this stage, an apparent lie.
Did the Raelians really create the first human clone?
Perhaps the reason so many people dig the Raelian movement is because they represent, at least sexually, the antithesis of most Western Religions. The Raelians consider their understanding of spirituality to regard the pursuit of pleasure, especially sexually as being of high importance. This can be seen in their practices of sensual meditation.
Were I to need to conclude, I’d really have to say that while a bit of the unusual side, the Raeliens seem like decent folk. And really – isn’t that the important thing?
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