Raëlism

See also: Raelism

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Raëlism

1. 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)”, in alt.paranormal.crop-circles (Usenet):

     Raëlism differs from Deistic Christianity.

   • 2003, Boris Ryser, “Relians^[sic].... Things that are not believable”, in alt.religion.raelian (Usenet):

     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; agnosticism,‎ Asatru,‎ atheism,‎ Ayyavazhi,‎ Baháʼí Faith,‎ Bon,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Cheondoism,‎ Christianity,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Druze,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Jediism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ Odinism,‎ paganism,‎ Pastafarianism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Rodnovery,‎ Romuva,‎ Samaritanism,‎ Sanamahism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Tengrism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yahwism,‎ Yazidism,‎ 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)
• Portuguese: raelismo m, raelianismo m
• Russian: раэли́зм m (raelízm)

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