Raëlism facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Raëlism |
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The Raëlian symbol
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| Type | New religious movement |
| Classification | UFO religion |
| Scripture | Main: Intelligent Design: Message from the Designers Minor: Sensual Meditation (Religious novel), Lets Welcome The Extra-terrestrials, Geniocracy, Yes to Human Cloning and The Maitreya (Raëlian novel) |
| Polity | Hierarchical |
| Planetary guider | Claude Vorilhon |
| Associations | Clonaid |
| Region | Mostly worldwide |
| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Founder | Claude Vorilhon |
| Origin | 19 September 1974 Auvergne, France |
| Embassy | +50 |
| Members | 100,000 (2018) |
| Temples | 2 |
| Other name(s) | Raëlianism and Raëlian movement |
Raëlism is a new religion that says that life on Earth was created by aliens. It was started in 1974 by Claude Vorilhon. It is the world's biggest UFO religion.
Images for kids
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Japanese Raëlian character mascot
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Membership estimates from various sources
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Raëlians drawing with sand
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A Raëlian protest sign is raised at political rally demanding the return of U.S. troops
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Raëlians asking to stop the prohibition of Raël's entry into Korea
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A passerby meets a Raëlian at a booth in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Sensual Meditation (1980), Raël's fifth book about Raëlism.
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Raëlian cosmology
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Puy de Lassolas
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Tent version of the Embassy for Extraterrestrial Elohim for use in a Raëlian seminar in Colombia, South America (1/4 the width, 1/4 the length, and half the height of the proposed embassy)
