Raëlism

Movement·Founded 1974 CE·The movement claims membership in the tens of thousands across roughly a hundred countries. The figure is self-reported and has not been independently checked.

Raëlism

The International Raëlian MovementThe recordWorld Religions and Spirituality Project — the International Raëlian Movement

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T Figure of Raëlism

The Elohim — those who came from the sky.

The movement reads the Hebrew plural as a plural: not God, but the people who made us, and to whom an embassy is owed. They are owed hospitality, not worship.

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Names & titlesThe Elohim — rendered by the movement as those who came from the sky
DomainThe design of terrestrial life; the promise of return
Depicted asSmall, smooth-skinned, long dark hair, roughly human
StandingNot gods and not worshipped — an older species with better laboratories, owed hospitality rather than reverence
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held

The Elohim are described as small, smooth-skinned and long-haired, roughly humanoid, technologically far ahead and morally unbothered by us. They are not worshipped, not prayed to and not asked for anything except a visit. The movement holds that the great religious founders — Moses, the Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, and Raël last — were their messengers, and that a small number of humans have been recreated on their planet from recorded genetic material. The embassy project, with land sought at various times in Israel, Lebanon and elsewhere, is the practical expression of all of it.

From the sources — the passages this rests on; concise renderings, cited

Elohim — rendered by the movement as those who came from the sky.

Rael, Le Livre qui dit la verite (1974) (rendered)

The Hebrew plural is read as a plural of persons rather than of majesty; philologists do not follow the movement here.

The same ground, other faiths

claims that share this one's ideas
M Maitreya — the one to come. Buddhism Meet them →
The messianic age is still ahead. Judaism · core tenet Go deeper →
In Jesus, God became human. Christianity · core tenet Go deeper →
I Isa — the messiah who was not crucified. Islam Meet them →
The promised renewal has come. Ahmadiyya · core tenet Go deeper →
T The Saoshyant. Zoroastrianism Meet them →

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