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

religionsedit

• 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

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)
• Marathi: राएल धर्म m (rāel dharma)
• Portuguese: raelismo m, raelianismo m
• Russian: раэли́зм m (raelízm)

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