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						<id>https://raelnews.org/message-of-the-elohim-on-the-6th-of-august-70ah-to-the-jewish-people.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Message of the Elohim on the 6th of August 70AH to the Jewish people</title>

						<updated>2015-08-07T10:10:00+00:00</updated>

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						<summary type='text'>I Yahweh, through the mouth of my son and Prophet Rael, am addressing this message to the Jewish People.You have betrayed all the exemplary values of Judaism by stealing the land and houses which don’t belong to you, and especially by not respecting my most important commandment: “Thou shall not kill” and accumulating nuclear weapons capable of killing millions of people in one go and sparking off a world war capable of destroying all of our creation.Consequently, the protection that had been granted to Israel is from today totally withdrawn and I ask to all the real Jews to leave the Land of Palestine as quickly as possible.We had provided this protection in the hope that the reason and respect inherent in Judaism, along with the construction of the Embassy, the third Temple of the old writings where we would have returned, would push this state full of promise to allow the Palestinian people to return to their houses and their land in a multi-racial and multi-cultural state as an example to all of Humanity and become a spiritual beacon for the three great monotheistic religions.Instead, the stiff necked people who had only just escaped the nazi genocide and concentration camps, stiffened yet more, they treated our last Prophet and his request for the Embassy with contempt, they created concentration camps for the Palestinians whose homes and Lands they stole, they bombed the concentration camp which is Gaza and are even projecting a final solution with the goal of Palestinian genocide.Therefore our protection is now ended and the real Jews are again condemned to a new diaspora, to live among the other Nations of Earth while refusing to carry arms for any nation and to benefit every nation with their genius and creativity.The only true Jews are of course anti-zionist and we congratulate the religious Jews who refused zionism and who have already left Israel.Raelians are now the true Jews, the only ones who wish to physically construct the Embassy to welcome our return, and not on stolen land. We ask all Jews to leave Israel as soon as possible, to convert to Raelianism, and to support the Palestinians, who are in fact mostly the descendants of real Jews who converted to Islam a very long time ago. To see false Jews coming from Europe massacring the descendants of Jews who lived in Israel from the Biblical times, is a heartrending crime.Spread around the world to bring the magnificent values of Raelian-Judaism, a Judaism of peace and tolerance, an anti-racist Judaism, a globalist Judaism aiming to unite all the nations within a world government, an anti-militarist Judaism pushing for the immediate and unilateral elimination of weapons of mass destruction, a pro-science Judaism promoting genetics and space exploration and finally a Judaism working especially for the third Temple, our Embassy where we will officially return to reinforce an enduring peace between all people and where all the Great Prophets will return to testify with us to destroy all the myths that the divisive religions have created.Jew, leave Israel as soon as possible “without turning back” if you don’t wish to be “turned into a pillar of salt” as had happened at Sodom and Gomorrah, and support the predicted Messiah: Rael.Peace on Earth and to all of good will!</summary>
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<published>2015-08-07T10:10:00+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-to-pope-francis-no-need-to-baptize-aliens-they-are-the-gods-of-the-bible.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael to pope Francis: No need to baptize 'aliens', they are the gods of the Bible</title>

						<updated>2014-05-15T02:36:00+00:00</updated>

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						<summary type='text'>In a recent sermon, Pope Francis said he would happily welcome aliens in the Vatican and baptize them if they wanted to join his flock."There will be no need to baptize 'aliens' when they decide to come back” declared Rael, “they are the ones who created all religions on earth and who were mistakenly taken for gods. Instead of offering them to be baptized, he will have to acknowledge that they are the gods he has been praying to all along.”The Raelian philosophy explains that all forms of life were created by human beings called Elohim coming from another planet who made us in their image. The original Bible clearly talks about 'Elohim' creating life on earth. This Hebrew word is plural and could be translated as 'those who came from the sky'. It has however been mistranslated into 'god' leading to the monotheist religions like the Catholic church.By reading the original Bible without the monotheist filter, anyone can have access to the information that the Elohim wanted to have preserved to prepare their return. The evidence of their work on earth is everywhere and we are ourselves becoming creators as new forms of life are now being created or conceived in our laboratories. The arrogance of the pope willing to baptize those who sent Jesus is at the level of his ignorance.Among the information given by the leader of the Elohim to Rael in 1973, which can be found in the book 'Intelligent Design” on www.rael.org, the leader Yahwe expresses his contempt about the Vatican's behavior:“How dare they, these men who are only men, indulge themselves in the wealth and luxury of the Vatican when the Gospels tell them to possess neither gold nor silver, not even a spare coat?Further he says : “How dare the Church burden people with their so called sins, which are only different concepts of morality and lifestyles; how dare they speak of goodness while living in opulence in the Vatican when people are dying of hunger; how dare they seek invitations and honors while preaching humility; how dare they ask people to call them “Father” , “your eminence”, “your holiness” when their Gospels expressly forbid all these things. If tomorrow the pope took to the road as a pauper, the church would be revived, but it would have a totally different humanitarian goal .... The Church could re-orientate itself towards goodness by helping those who are unhappy, by helping to spread the real truth of these writings which until now, have been distorted or kept secret”.</summary>
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<published>2014-05-15T02:36:00+00:00</published>

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						<title type='text'>Happiness Academies</title>

						<updated>2014-01-31T09:44:00+00:00</updated>

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						<summary type='text'>"'Having things', many houses, many cars, doesn’t bring happiness. 'Knowing things' doesn’t bring happiness either. You can be a billionaire, very rich, and still want to kill yourself. You can also be a doctor with a high diploma and scientific knowledge, and still want to kill yourself. Knowing and having don’t bring you happiness. What brings happiness is to be, to be! You reach that state of being through meditation. When you are, “you are”. In order to “be” you must stop thinking. Your mind is always worrying about things. The most beautiful teaching of the Elohim is not knowledge. Knowledge is beautiful, yes, we like it, but it’s not the number one.The number one teaching is - how it can change our life to become happy. The Elohim gave us explanations on how they created us. It’s interesting, exciting, but it cannot change your life. What can change your life, is what you can change in your everyday behavior and thought. This knowledge is infinitely more powerful than the knowledge of scientific values.Maitreya Rael, December 13, 2014-68aHIf you want to learn more about this unique teaching of our Creators the Elohim, you may want to join one of the Happiness academies that are offered on every continent at least once a year. For one week, you will experience the philosophy that our Creators shared with us, surrounded by like-minded people who have enough of the fake artificial life they live and who want to be guided only by pure sincere love and caring. A week of laughter, meditation, a week to share with others or to reflect on your self, a week just for you, for a renewed true happiness.To find out the Happiness Academy that is best suited for you considering your agenda and location, please visit rael.org/event and get started with your life changing journey.</summary>
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<published>2014-01-31T09:44:00+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/about-the-benefits-of-intermittent-fasting.html</id>

						<title type='text'>About the benefits of Intermittent fasting</title>

						<updated>2014-01-03T05:24:00+00:00</updated>

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						<summary type='text'>A report by Peter Bowes from BBC News in Los Angeles today describes how his body responded to a fasting diet which he followed as part of a clinical trial. Each month he would eat very little for five days in a row. He not only felt more alert during these fasting days but he also saw improvements in his blood pressure.“Clinical tests showed that during the diet cycles my systolic blood pressure dropped by about 10%, while the diastolic number remained about the same. For someone who has, at times, has borderline hypertension, this was encouraging.” His blood chemistry brought interesting results too : "Arguably, the most interesting changes were in the levels of a growth hormone known as IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor). High levels of IGF-1, which is a protein produced by the liver, are believed significantly to increase the risks of colorectal, breast and prostate cancer. Low levels of IGF-1 reduce those risks. Studies in mice have shown that an extreme diet, similar to the one I experienced, causes IGF-1 levels to drop and to stay down for a period after a return to normal eating. My data showed exactly the same pattern.” His IGF-1 level dropped by 60% during the fasting cycle and stayed lower than his pre-fasting level by 20% after he resumed eating.The trial also reported the presence of stem cell like substances during the fast.It comes as no surprise to Raelians that fasting is a key for health and longevity. Fasting once a week has been recommended by Rael as part of the teachings he received from the Elohim, the human beings who created us in their image. Weekly fasts and daily meditations are part of the regimen they proposed to stay healthy. To know more about the Elohim's teachings, you may download their main message on rael.org or attend one of the raelian gatherings in your area.To read Peter Bowes article, go to : bbc</summary>
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<published>2014-01-03T05:24:00+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/benefits-of-nudity.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Benefits of Nudity</title>

						<updated>2013-05-08T20:55:00+00:00</updated>

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						<summary type='text'>"If you put a plaster cast on a broken arm the skin starves for Vitamin D, the muscles weaken due to strangled range of motion, the nerve synapses depress to a whimper of their former joy. Twenty-first century hominids? We shroud our entire skin palette except for face, neck and hands - we obliterate symbiosis with the planet.We hide in cocoons, when we could be free as butterflies.History reveals many cultures that were not clothes-minded. Spartans were basically bare and their victories in pan-Hellenic sports competitions enticed all neighboring Greeks to exercise nude, creating the word “gymnasium” (Greek gymnos = naked). Romans mingled in magnificent bathhouses, enjoying dense communal nudity as they drank, dined, defecated, bathed, read books, argued politics, and watched theater."To read more about this excellent article by Hank Pelissier on the scientifically documented benefits of nudity, go to: http://immortallife.info/articles/entry/nudity-provides-health-benefits-for-your-body-and-brain</summary>
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<published>2013-05-08T20:55:00+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-applauds-conclusion-of-uk-home-affairs-committee-on-drug-policy.html</id>

						<title type='text'>RAEL applauds conclusion of UK Home Affairs committee on drug policy</title>

						<updated>2012-12-13T08:55:52+00:00</updated>

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						<summary type='text'>Following its year-long inquiry into drugs policy, the Commons Home Affairs Committee concluded that efforts to combat the drug barons had failed and called for the UK Government to consider the possibility of legalizing and regulating the use of drugs.  Rael fully approved the committee conclusions.“They are absolutely right ! Criminalizing drugs is putting depressed and hopeless people in jail, where they get more hopeless and depressed and then can become real criminals. To punish sad people who try to escape in artificial heavens is not only stupid : its criminal Instead society should have values based on love, sharing , and compassion which give hope and oneness feeling to everyone.”The UK is not the only country considering new drug policy. Recently Portugal has “depenalized” drugs allowing possession of small amounts to not be subjected to criminal penalties. Two US states have legalized cannabis and Uruguay recently proposed a state monopoly of cannabis production and sale.Rael has long called for such a move as prohibition has never been a solution. “ Police and jail are not the right answers to depression and hopelessness and criminalization of drugs just creates more crime due to illegal trafficking as no prohibition has ever stopped, nor will it ever stop the use of any substance.” “Alcohol and tobacco are sold freely, while they are even more dangerous than cannabis and kill many more people every year. If we accept that alcohol and tobacco are sold with simple warnings on the label about the dangers of using them, why not do the same with all other drugs, especially cannabis? The real solution to help people stop using drugs (or alcohol or tobacco) is to give them new values and new philosophies which destroy guilt and encourage pleasure so they can enjoy life without needing any drug.”The Raelian philosophy has helped thousands of Raelians to stop using drugs. To know more about Rael's teachings go to rael.org or attend one of your local Happiness Academies ( see events on rael.org)</summary>
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<published>2012-12-13T08:55:52+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/why-do-raelians-keep-their-hair-long.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Why do Raelians keep their hair long</title>

						<updated>2012-10-23T00:18:19+00:00</updated>

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						<summary type='text'>The advanced series of messages received by Rael in 1973 and 1975, from the Elohim,(see www.rael.org), contains a vast array of information that touches every aspect of our life.While most were considered ludicrous by the scientists in the 70s, they have become more and more mainstream while the years pass.The concepts of cloning, memory transfer, traveling faster than the speed of light, living in an infinite universe explained by these advanced extraterrestrials were all rejected in the 70s but became part of our realm and are now either demonstrated or accepted as likely to be true by a large majority. There aren't any week without more evidence confirming what the Elohim said to Rael. As an example, stories have recently emerged about the fact that native Americans were not only allowed to keep their hair long after enrolling in the military during the Vietnam war, but, as trackers, they were actually required to keep their hair long.According to these reports, if the recruits were given required military haircuts, they could no longer 'sense' the enemy, they could no longer access a 'sixth sense', their 'intuition' was no longer reliable, they couldn't 'read' subtle signs as well or access subtle extrasensory information.This report is in perfect agreement with a piece of information given by the Elohim who explain that our hair are like antennae. Here is an excerpt of what they say about hair:“The human brain is like a huge transmitter capable of sending out a multitude of very accurate waves and thoughts. In fact telepathy is nothing more than that. But this type of transmitter requires antennae and the hair and beard are these antennae. This is why you should not shave off any hair if you want to make use of your transmitters. You have surely noticed that many of your scientists have long hair, and often a beard. Prophets and other wise people have them too. Now you can understand why.”They also explain the biblical story of Samson who lost his power after losing his hair. “Samson was able to communicate with us by telepathy thanks to his natural antennae, his hair, and could ask for help during difficult moments. When Delilah cut his hair, he could no longer ask for help but when his hair grew again, he regained his 'strength', that is to say, he could once again ask for our help and we then demolished the temple where he was touching the column”.</summary>
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<published>2012-10-23T00:18:19+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-in-support-of-all-caricatures.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael in support of all caricatures</title>

						<updated>2012-08-25T05:43:57+00:00</updated>

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						<summary type='text'>The caricature museum of the German city of Kassel made the headlines with a controversial cartoon hanging in its window, depicting Jesus on the cross. The caricature depicts Jesus in agony on the cross as a voice calls down from heaven, "Hey, you. I fucked your mother."Several Christian leaders have protested against the drawing and asked it to be removed. Museum head Martin Sonntag has simply refused to remove the poster.Rael expressed his full support to the Caricature Museum saying that the Christian leaders reaction is just stupid.“First of all the name 'Jesus' is not written anywhere on the cartoon; secondly nobody knows exactly what Jesus looked like – this applies to Mohamed caricatures as well-; and thirdly the fact to represent somebody on a cross also doesn't mean it represents Jesus as thousands of peoples were crucified at the time of Jesus, - before and after his time as well as it was a very common way of executing people, mostly criminals. Last but not least : they were using wood assembled in the shape of a T and not a cross as it takes way too much work to make a cross."During the Mohamed's caricature debate a few years ago, Rael has encouraged artists to do as many caricatures of anyone including himself, without censoring themselves. We should be able to laugh about everything, including ourselves.</summary>
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<published>2012-08-25T05:43:57+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/chinese-pyramids-adding-to-the-numerous-evidence-that-an-advanced-civilization-existed-on-earth-more-than-10%2C000-years-ago.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Chinese pyramids adding to the numerous evidence that an advanced civilization existed on Earth more than 10,000 years ago</title>

						<updated>2012-08-15T06:37:47+00:00</updated>

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						<name>brigitte</name>
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						<summary type='text'>History and Religion books need to be rewritten...Despite repeated accounts and rumors of large ancient pyramids in China, archaeologists and bureaucrats have long refused to acknowledge their presence. Their existence isn’t mentioned in Chinese schools and they are considered a state secret.“The 100 white pyramids of China are indeed forbidden,” an anonymous source living near the area told a Raelian Guide. “The structures are unknown to the public and may not be entered except by some Chinese scientists. Foreign archaeologists or scientists are prohibited to go near them, since they are primarily considered a national secret,” the source explained.But the significance of the Chinese pyramids can’t be denied much longer.“According to the few archeologists who have approached the site, these Chinese pyramids are located at the same latitude as the pyramids of Egypt,” she said. “And some walls of the 500-meter-high Pyramid of Uyghur are covered with words in a proto-Turk language. These are indications that these structures aren’t just tombs for the ancient kings of the region, as some people speculate, but much older structures that share a common origin with the world-famous pyramids of Egypt and Central America.”According to Raelian philosophy, all human beings on Earth and all of its other life forms were created by highly advanced scientists from another planet known as the Elohim.They used advanced genetic engineering techniques to create human beings in their own image, and they also helped our early ancestors by sharing some of their knowledge.Whether the ability to build pyramids or other sophisticated structures was shared to our ancestors or not, everyone admits that they can hardly be duplicated with today's modern technology.Incredible pyramids aren’t found only in Egypt and South America. New evidence today indicates their presence in various places in Asia, too, such as in China, Cambodia and underwater off the coast of Japan. In fact, there is a wide network of these exceptional stone monuments, all of which showing advanced knowledge of astronomy and engineering techniques. Some archeologists agree that they date back to 10,000 B.C., which indicates the presence in antiquity of a highly advanced civilization. While that civilization isn’t yet acknowledged by mainstream historians, the Raelian scriptures describe it extremely well! ( see rael.org) Other precision-engineered, ancient megalithic structures exist all over the planet. Examples include: Puma Punku in Peru, at a present-day altitude of nearly 13,000 feet, where perfectly cut gigantic blocks of 100 tons or more that once interlocked perfectly are strewn all about like a child’s blocks. And in the still-existing, enormous walls of the fortress of Sacsayhuaman near Cuzco, which so perplexed the Spaniards when they conquered Peru that they called it the work of the devil, you can hardly put a razor blade between the stones. It’s as though they were fused together in a molten state with a technology we don’t even have now. At Puma Punku, equally enormous stones were cut at perfect angles to interlock in complex, precision patterns, like modular furniture assembled from giant-size Lego blocks.At Baalbek in Lebanon is the foundation of an enormous platform composed of perfectly aligned blocks weighing up to 800 tons. Awestruck Romans built a temple on top using much smaller stones, and despite their engineering prowess, their additions look childish compared to the phenomenal construction beneath. A 1,000-ton block, incredibly ancient and inexplicable even in terms of today’s technology, remains in a quarry nearby, rising partially out of the ground with perfectly straight edges. Several dozen tourists can assemble on top for photos.And although mainstream scientists have come up with a variety of theories to explain how a multitude of one-ton to 15-ton blocks were used to construct the Great Pyramid in Egypt, they avoid the subject of the 70-ton granite monoliths positioned side by side in perfect alignment above the so-called “King's Chamber.” Political and academic authorities attempt to hide, deny or rationalize away these structures that defy mainstream explanations and that’s understandable when we consider what their existence implies. Acknowledging the presence, astounding sophistication and enormous age of these pyramids would mean rewriting human history. More importantly, it means that all the religious books would need to be rewritten. Opening China for more research will precipitate the end of all the monotheist religions, just as predicted by Rael, and nothing could make us happier!”</summary>
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<published>2012-08-15T06:37:47+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-launches-one-minute-for-peace-campaign.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael launches ‘One Minute for Peace Campaign’</title>

						<updated>2012-07-13T07:36:00+00:00</updated>

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						<summary type='text'>“If everyone on earth gives one minute of meditation for peace and love, then we can change the world.”Maitreya Rael, July 2012 In a recent address, Rael, spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement, proposed to have as many people as possible give just one minute of their time to meditate for peace. “What we think, what we express and what we feel is affecting everything else in the universe and of course everything on Earth,” Rael said. We are powerful brain wave transmitters and the Earth needs peace and love.” He asked the audience to imagine human beings coming from another planet who want to contact us. “Looking at all the borders and fights between countries, they obviously don’t know who to contact,” Rael said. “We need to build an embassy for those who created us, the Elohim, because we have borders and about 200 countries, and they don’t want to give an advantage to one nation over another. The ideal situation when landing on a planet is to find that there is only one nation. This is why we have to destroy borders, nations, national flags and nationalism.” Rael went on to say that our priority is to create one united world where every human being lives in peace, with a one-world government and without armies, so that the Elohim can come. “That’s why we need to influence this planet to make it more peaceful. Our brains can send powerful waves of peace and love. Just a few people using their brains to send waves of peace and love can change this world!” With that in mind, the more than 70,000 Raelians worldwide will soon have booths and banners proposing passersby to join them for one-minute peace meditations.</summary>
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<published>2012-07-13T07:36:00+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-commends-german-court-ruling-circumcision-as-bodily-harm.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael commends German court ruling  circumcision as 'bodily harm'</title>

						<updated>2012-06-30T20:44:08+00:00</updated>

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						<name>brigitte</name>
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						<summary type='text'>Rael, spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement, commends the ruling by a court in Germany that circumcising young boys for religious reasons amounts to bodily harm.Rael has long stated that “Circumcision for men – like clitoral excision in females – constitutes sexual mutilation and should be forbidden.”He has also expressed his wish for success to the Norwegian political party which recently said it will seek to outlaw circumcision in Norway. “Raelians are happy to see that thousands of Germans have declared that a ruling of this kind was long overdue.” declared Brigitte Boisselier, PhD, spokesperson of the Raelian Movement. “We Raelians are the first to fight for religious freedom, but above all, we fight for the respect of Human Rights. Any genital mutilation of a human being without his or her consent is clearly disrespecting the Declaration of Human Rights and should be considered as a criminal act, despite all religious tradition justifications.”Jewish leaders have called the ruling anti-Semite, for Muslims leaders it is Islamophobia, for the court it is a child's right to physical integrity. Rael launched the association Clitoraid in 2006 to help women who have been genitally mutilated to regain their physical integrity and dignity as well as their sense of pleasure as it is now possible to have what is left of their clitoris repaired.“While setting up a hospital in Africa and several clinics in North America where the millions of women who have been genitally mutilated can go and find relief, we received hundreds of emails coming from men who have been circumcised and who are looking for a way to have the mutilation undone” said Boisselier, leader of Clitoraid. According to the WHO, World health Organization, 30% of males worldwide are circumcised.“This means that billions of human beings on Earth have been mutilated without their consent. All the women who seek help from Clitoraid have evident signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I am convinced that the billions of men who have been exposed to this traumatic mutilation at an early age have developed also some sort of PTSD. It is urgent to have more than just one court saying 'stop' to this barbaric practice and placing the right of a child above the right of a religion”Rael has repeatedly asked for all religious scriptures, teachings and practices to be reviewed by an independent international committee which would guarantee that all religious group's practices are in agreement with the Declaration of Human Rights. All books and practices of the Raelians are open to review at any time by such a committee.</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2012-06-30T20:44:08+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/a-successful-3rd-swastika-rehabilitation-day.html</id>

						<title type='text'>A successful 3rd Swastika Rehabilitation Day</title>

						<updated>2012-06-24T23:29:56+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/a-successful-3rd-swastika-rehabilitation-day.html' />

						<summary type='text'>A display of swastikas around the western world on June 23rd, triggered a mixture of reactions. A majority of complaints came from the New York – New Jersey areas where a banner showing a swastika within a Raelian symbol was flown over Manhattan, the Jersey shore and Long Beach Island.“Why should the swastika, a symbol of peace for more than 1.5 billion people in the world, offend the people of Manhattan?” declared Thomas Kaenzig, coordinator of the Swastika Rehabilitation Day in response to the complaints made by some members of the Jewish community.“Should the Buddhists, the Hindus and the Raelians of the world hide their symbol because of crimes committed some 70 years ago by people who chose to use the swastika? If so, then should they not also be offended by the christian cross due to the execution of innocent people by the fanatical Christians during the Spanish inquisition, and the lynching of innocent people by the Ku Klux Klan? Should the atomic bomb victims of Hiroshima be offended by, and ban the American flag? The list of insanities associated with the use of symbols is long, but only the swastika has been banned.”“Any negative emotions regarding the swastika by people under the age of 70 years old are obviously linked to their education and not to their experiences. It's about time people were re-educated to understand the original meaning of the oldest and most recurrent symbol in the world”For the Raelians and the few other religious group members who organized the 3rd Swastika Rehabilitation Day on June 23rd it was a significant day to help reeducate the public so that they may no longer be offended by what they consider to be a peaceful symbol despite its recent misuse.Interestingly the public in the streets of Tel Aviv in Israel were quite receptive to the flyers and display of the old swastikas. Many swastikas can be found in the old synagogues around the country and Jewish people in Israel are well aware that the swastika was a peaceful symbol used by the Jews as well, before being highjacked by the Nazis. “Obviously the Jewish community on the US East-Coast doesn't have the same knowledge as those in Israel. The fact that the Jewish community in America found our banner outrageous shows that there is still plenty of work to be done here.”.On the West Coast of the US and in Australia too, the flying banner didn't trigger any complaints to our knowledge. Those promoting the day on Venice Beach, California were welcomed by the local community who were well aware of the Buddhist meaning of the symbol.In Europe, the large group present in the streets of Karlsruhe in Germany were not so welcome. The police clearly stated that no sign of any swastika should be shown at any time in the streets. Marcel Hoffman, the leader of the Raelian Movement in Germany decided to challenge this status and hold pictures of ancient swastikas that can be found in the country, predating the time of the Nazi era. The police decided to take him to court where he will hopefully have a chance to defend his point of view.Despite the emotional reactions of some, at least some others were able to see the point of the swastika rehabilitation day. As one NY reader put it after reading a main-stream media article on the subject: “I doubt they were flying the Nazi flag, as you have depicted. They were surely just flying a plain banner with a swastika on it, which — just as they say — was for thousands of years a symbol used universally, including by Jews. Some of the ancient shul mosaics in Eretz Yisroel have swastikas, and there were seforim printed with swastikas as a decorative motif. Until the Nazis used it it had no bad associations. So now for us it’s a painful reminder and we shun it, but if these people hold it dear we can’t really expect them to keep it in hiding just to spare our feelings. They want to expose it to sunlight and demystify it, so it will seem just as innocuous as it was before the War; I doubt it’s possible, but I can’t blame them for trying. After all, would we stop using a mogen dovid if the Japanese had used it as their symbol instead of the rising sun? ““Excellent question, would the Jewish community accept that their symbol be banned if another group had highjacked it?” asked Kaenzig. “What would the Jewish community do if the Palestinians in the name of those who are killed today one day ask the International community to ban the symbol used by their torturers?”</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2012-06-24T23:29:56+00:00</published>

					</entry>

					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/how-to-activate-your-happiness-center.html</id>

						<title type='text'>How to activate your happiness center</title>

						<updated>2012-04-21T23:31:18+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/how-to-activate-your-happiness-center.html' />

						<summary type='text'>This is what Rael has been teaching for the past 38 years: Happiness is a decision and you can activate your happiness center at will through meditation.All Raelians have measured the benefits of their daily meditation regimen in their overall well being and scientific researches have confirmed over the past 10 years that meditation induces functional changes in the brain of the practitioners. Richard Davidson at the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience, UW-Madison is one of the pioneers in that domain and his studies on the brain of a group of Tibetan monks who had practiced meditation for a minimum of 10,000 hours have shown the differences between the monk's brains and a 'normal' brain.Neurobiologist Sara Lazar from the Massachusetts General Hospital, has also been looking at how the practice of yoga and meditation affect emotions and cognitive performance and found a significant activity in the prefrontal cortex as well as the insula — a region near the frontal portion of the brain — of long-term meditators who participated in a 1-week intensive meditation retreat. All these researchers actually report a greater activation of the left prefrontal brain compared to the right part of the brain during meditation, and more so when the meditation focused on loving-kindness and compassion. It is also commonly accepted that positive emotions are associated with a greater activity in the left prefrontal region, while negative emotions are linked to a greater activity in the right prefrontal cortex. Based on the principle that meditation brings about a state of well being, it was reasonable to expect to see a greater activity in the left prefrontal cortex among meditation practitioners compared to non-practitioners. Some studies using brain imaging techniques like the single photon emission computed tomography, or SPECT, or Infrared Spectroscopy, IR, have shown that during meditation the blood flow increases in the prefrontal regions, and more specifically, the left prefrontal region. However most of these studies have measured the brain activity at rest and during meditation and compare the results under these two conditions. To our knowledge, no research has been conducted to determine if it is possible to stimulate the blood flow at will in the left prefrontal region during meditation.What Maitreya Rael is however saying is that it is possible to target the left prefrontal region of our brain and increase the blood flow there and thus the activity of this region and the positive emotions associated to it.This is how he formulates this meditation exercise: “Concentrate on your brain’s power and strength and its exceptional ability to harmonize itself and to choose happiness, by visualizing the blood flow and the heat that is created in the left frontal region, where happiness lies.”«Remember to always focus on the front left side of your brain, where the happiness centre lies. Every time you are happy, more blood comes here. At the same time, each time you send blood here through meditation, you are happier. So you can create happiness by feeling this part more than the rest of your body. Feel it. Feel this part becoming hotter, like a little fire inside. Happiness centre. And you will have a beautiful life. Never stop feeling it…»In other words, just as several therapeutic visualization exercises that invite the subject to visualize the healing of a specific organ, or the scarring of a wound, or the strengthening of the immune system, Maitreya Rael invites the meditation practitioner to intentionally stimulate the blood flow in the left prefrontal region of the brain in order to increase the level of happiness that it generates.To our knowledge, no scientific research has shown it was possible to target the left prefrontal cortex and intentionally stimulate the blood flow in that area.Daniel Chabot, a Raelian Guide, MA, in charge of teaching in the Raelian Movement Structure, decided to explore that possibility. To do so, he used a device marketed by the company Thought Technology: the TT-pIR and Procomp Infinity Device. Thought Technology's latest innovation provides easy measurement of forehead infrared temperature emissions. The headgear incorporates two very sensitive and highly accurate passive infrared sensors 3.8cm apart and mounted on a headset to provide responsive monitoring and training of heat radiated from the forehead, i.e., the prefrontal lobes of the brain.What makes this technology interesting is that it is possible, through neurofeedback, to measure and even train the prefrontal region of the brain without worrying about background noise from muscle contractions or even blinking, which can affect the electroencephalogram (EEG) and make the recording of electrical activities in this important region of the brain difficult, to the point of skewing the results. You may read the full account of his first experiments downloading this file now Happiness Center (English).This Figure shows the difference in heat in his left and right prefrontal cortex during a 30-minute meditation, with eyes opened. In the very beginning, we see that the heat was higher in the right prefrontal region than in the left. But quickly, the heat in the left prefrontal region gradually increased throughout the exercise and surpassed the heat in the right. According to Daniel, the sensations of inner well being were very powerful. In fact, the meditation exercise consisted in generating a state of great inner well being, while visualizing the blood flow in the left prefrontal area. “With my eyes opened, I could simultaneously use the visual feedback from the graphs in order to stimulate the progression.” says Daniel. “While examining my results, I remembered Maitreya Raël’s teachings about how meditation, happiness, and awakening are states of mind. “We cannot do happy, we cannot know happy, we cannot have happy. We can only BE happy because happiness is a state of mind and not something we can own, do or know,” as Maitreya Rael said and taught us for years. And the evidence of this was unfolding before my very eyes. When I would see myself “do” rather than “be,” nothing would be working.” To learn more about the happiness teachings of Maitreya Rael, you may attend his one week Happiness Academies. The next one starts next week, on April 28th, in Okinawa, Japan. To find the nearest Happiness Academy for you, please go to www.rael.org/seminars.See you there...?</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2012-04-21T23:31:18+00:00</published>

					</entry>

					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-urges-wonderful-population-decrease-foreseen-by-japanese-report.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael urges ‘wonderful population decrease’ foreseen by Japanese report</title>

						<updated>2012-02-02T09:27:14+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/rael-urges-wonderful-population-decrease-foreseen-by-japanese-report.html' />

						<summary type='text'>A recent study published by the Japanese Ministry of Health predicts a decrease of the Japanese population by about 30 percent within the next 50 years.But despite heavy population density in Japanese cities and a scarcity of natural resources – especially in the aftermath of last year’s catastrophic tsunami – commentary in the Japanese media about the report was mostly negative.In contrast, Rael, spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement, applauds the report. He is also highly critical of those working to overturn its prediction.“Media outlets and politicians should talk instead about the ‘wonderful population decrease,’” Rael said in a statement released this morning. “All those who try to stop the population decrease in any way, including those in the media commenting negatively about it, should one day be prosecuted for crimes against humanity – for being accomplices in the terrible overpopulation that is coming.”Rael has repeatedly condemned politicians and religious leaders for selfishly encouraging people to have more babies. He has also requested that all religious books asking people to “multiply” be declared illegal.“It is my hope that more and more young people will refuse to have children in order to save humanity,” Rael said in his statement. “Not one of these irresponsible and criminal media outlets even mentioned the possibility of replacing the younger generations – which may be required for a while to do some jobs – by opening immigration widely and welcoming people of younger generations from underdeveloped countries. This is racism and nationalism at its worst.”“We are one planet and one humanity,” Rael concluded. “It’s time to stop promoting the making of additional babies and let people from the poor countries populate the rich countries. And it’s time to urge people around the entire planet to use contraception.”</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2012-02-02T09:27:14+00:00</published>

					</entry>

					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/stop-making-christmas-gifts..html</id>

						<title type='text'>Stop making Christmas gifts.</title>

						<updated>2011-12-20T06:27:06+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/stop-making-christmas-gifts..html' />

						<summary type='text'>The Raelian 'There-Is-No-Santa' campaign was reinforced on this intense pre-Christmas shopping week with a strong statement by Rael who asked to “stop spending money for a tradition which is pure invention promoted by multinational companies to make more profits.”“Stop lying to your children about a Santa Claus which doesn't exist” explains Rael, “ and stop wasting money to respect a tradition which is based on a lie. Don't make any Christmas gift ! You have plenty of occasions to make gifts to the people you love without doing it during this collective mass celebration of crazy consumerism promoted by governments, religion, and industries and which has absolutely no spiritual content.”Rael has asked Raelian parents to teach their children about peace and love instead and make gifts to them if they wish at another date. “I recommend to make these gifts one month before Christmas, like that Raelian children have their gifts before all others and will make all other children jealous. They should also inform their friends that there is no Santa Claus and push them to put pressure on their parents not to continue this stupid tradition.”“People should do all they can to bring these annual festivities back to their origins by adopting the pre-Christian, fun-loving mindset and most importantly, removing all mysticism, whether it’s related to the birth of a god in a barn or to the mysterious Santa Claus or Father Christmas,” said Rael in 2008 when he launched the 'There is no santa' campaign.In today statement, he added that a spiritual celebration of the memory of Jesus or of Rael's conception day is good, but not the commercial orgy that we witness on this week.</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2011-12-20T06:27:06+00:00</published>

					</entry>

					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/raelians-to-world-stop-persecuting-politicians-who-cheat.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Raelians to world: ‘Stop persecuting politicians who 'cheat'!’</title>

						<updated>2011-06-18T10:24:49+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/raelians-to-world-stop-persecuting-politicians-who-cheat.html' />

						<summary type='text'>After a long chain of sex scandals involving American government officials, with Congressman Weiner’s resignation the most recent, the Raelian Movement (www.rael.org) is challenging what it calls “the religious and politically correct norm.”“The growing number of U.S. officials pressured into resigning because of their sex lives is so ridiculous!” said Ricky Roehr, spokesperson for the Raelian Movement. “Applying puritanical values to government officials only proves that religion and government are far, far too intermingled. This persecution is no different than what occurs under theocratic governments, to whom the United States pretends to be superior.”Roehr explained that Raelians are known for hedonistic values and that their atheistic Raelian philosophy teaches that all pleasures are healthy. “All living forms, including human beings, are wired for pleasure,” Roehr said. “Whether it’s sending sexy photos, having affairs or being caught with prostitutes or Gay escorts, so what? No matter what jobs people have, if they have healthy sex lives – and by that I mean sex lives they have really chosen – their job performance will always be better! And in light of the fact that a healthy sex life is one of the best ways to curtail violent tendencies, we Raelians highly recommend that all world leaders have more sex!”Roehr pointed out that many celebrities have also experienced public persecution and disapproval after events in their private lives were exposed.“For example, Tiger Woods was at the top of the world until he was made to conform, feel guilty and rehabilitate himself. Rael, leader of the International Raelian Movement, sent Tiger an open letter that urged him to stop making his life a model of guilt, sadness and conformism. In that letter, Rael explained that adultery is not mental disease but a very normal behavior among both humans and animals. After all, the Hite report showed that 70 percent of American women and 72 percent of men married for more than 5 years say they’ve had at least one extramarital sexual relationship. And those are just the ones that admitted to it when interviewed!”According to Roehr, Rael’s letter to Woods also identified a serious problem that is rarely mentioned in the mainstream media.“Rael told Tiger that the real disease of our society is the Puritanism and politically correct Judeo-Christian conformism that almost nobody actually follows in private life,” Roehr explained. “He said those trying to misguide Tiger into condemning himself in a kind of public flagellation were judging him through the lenses of their primitive education, and that they were the ones who really needed therapy, not him.”</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2011-06-18T10:24:49+00:00</published>

					</entry>

					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/victim-of-hate-crime-rais-bhuiyan-awarded-title-honorary-guide-of-humanity.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Victim of Hate Crime Rais Bhuiyan Awarded Title: "Honorary Guide of Humanity"</title>

						<updated>2011-06-09T19:02:58+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/victim-of-hate-crime-rais-bhuiyan-awarded-title-honorary-guide-of-humanity.html' />

						<summary type='text'>Rael has just awarded the Raelian title of "Honorary Guide of Humanity" to Rais Bhuiyan, a Muslim man originally from Bangladesh, living in Texas, who was shot in the face by another Texas man, Mark Stroman, just after 9/11 in what is termed a "Hate Crime". In that act, Stroman also killed two Asian-Americans and left Rais blinded in one eye. Stroman awaits execution.Rais, however, is petitioning to save the life of the killer who attacked him. He has also enlisted the support of the families of the other two men who were killed. He is putting all he has into this life saving action. He has even started an organization in hopes of stopping all Capital Punishment. http://worldwithouthate.org/Ricky Roehr, spokesperson for the Raelian Movement said "Through love, Rais has turned his personal tragedy into his triumph. And in his mind, he has indeed triumphed. He feels free from hate and revenge by applying love and compassion. It is quite inspiring to see him trying to save others from their eternal misery of hate and intolerance - like those in Texas who have all but put in an express lane when it comes to execution. He is setting more of an example of what Jesus would do than State of Texas whose citizens claim to be devoutly Christian."Texas is well known for its many executions. Several people, in fact, were proven innocent after their execution. Of the approximately 1200 executions in the US in the last 35 years, approximately 420 have been in Texas.The Raelian philosophy states that nothing can justify the killing of one human being and that murderers like Stroman are ill people who need to be treated.Roehr added "Rais' dedication to this effort is deeply moving and we hope Texas and the entire US will take a serious look at his humanitarianism. This supposed "Christian Nation" is one of the few countries on Earth which still carry out this barbaric practice. Whether innocent or guilty, do Christians really believe Jesus would approve? And if they do, then they must therefore admit that Christianity is a violent religion - which is exactly what they claim Islam to be."Raelians claim that while there are indeed some beautiful teachings in the Koran and the Bible, there are many more which are very dangerous as they encourage violence and intolerance. Raelians have been campaigning for many years to have all references to violence completely banned from any religious texts, especially the ancient ones that have been highly distorted through centuries and that have lost the original love and compassion taught by all the Prophets. The Raelian scriptures explain that Rael is the last in a long succession of Prophets like Jesus who were sent by the Elohim of the Bible and that the Elohim are not God, but rather an advanced race of human beings who came from another planet many thousands of years ago.</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2011-06-09T19:02:58+00:00</published>

					</entry>

					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/time-to-get-rid-of-the-word-war.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Time to get rid of the word ‘WAR’</title>

						<updated>2011-06-09T09:17:54+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/time-to-get-rid-of-the-word-war.html' />

						<summary type='text'>Some media reported recently about what they called the failure of the ‘war on drugs’Rael made the following comment:It’s time to get rid of the word “war” used for any subjects. Just as “war”on drug is worthless and damaging for the society, so is “war” on terrorism, and others. Peaceful, scientific, and non-violent approaches to any problem Humanity faces is the only solution.Any kind of “war” which includes automatically violence and criminalization, creates more problems. Society will soon realize that the same applies to the “war “ on terrorism that is also worthless and creating much more problems. Addressing the causes of individual dissatisfaction or injustices pushing peoples to use drugs, or collective dissatisfaction pushing societies to use “terrorism” is the only solution. In the same way that all the criminal nations who fight “war “on drugs create more criminality and desperate people, these same nations, mainly USA , western Europe and Israel who fight”wars” on terrorism, create more terrorism. And they also become terrorists themselves, but a much more dangerous form of terrorism which is state terrorism.The recent state assassination of Osama Bin Laden creates a dangerous precedent of aggression on a foreign state territory. How would the American people feel if a dissident of a foreign country was militarily executed inside America ? It’s what will happen if this criminal politic continues. Violence solves nothing and perpetuates and 'banalizes' it. Humanity has only one way to survive: adopting a radical and global non-violence. And that starts by stopping to use the word “war” for everything. War is when two nations with 2 different armies are fighting each other. Period. All the rest is media shit and government manipulation conditioning people to accept and promote violence, giving them the illusion that they need their governments and politicians to protect them.If fear disappears and if non violence prevails, then no government, politicians, laws,money or media are needed and the world can become a beautiful anarchist society of collaboration , sharing, compassion and love, like in all ants and honey bees societies where there are no rules, no laws, no money no police or politicians and where everybody works for the good of all.</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2011-06-09T09:17:54+00:00</published>

					</entry>

					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/pope-forgiving-the-jews%2C-who-should-forgive-whom.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Pope Forgiving the Jews, who should forgive whom?</title>

						<updated>2011-03-04T04:24:14+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/pope-forgiving-the-jews%2C-who-should-forgive-whom.html' />

						<summary type='text'>Pope Benedict XVI has exonerated the Jewish people over the death of Jesus Christ in a new book, Jesus of Nazareth, published today.Ricky Roehr, leader of the raelian Movement in NOrth America issued the following comment:Here's a new, stupid, politically correct comment from a Pope who is always contradicting what ever he or his predecessors said. There are so many contradictions in what he says in this statement alone. First of all, Christians claim that it was God's plan to sacrifice his only son, Jesus, so that all of man's sins would be forgiven. So if it was God's plan, then neither the Jews nor the Romans should ever have been blamed. It was God who should be blamed, but of course that's not possible since that God can only receive credit for good things like healing, miracles etc. - but cannot receive blame for anything bad. Logic dictates that if an omnipotent being is responsible for all the good things that happen then he is also responsible for the bad things. But because God could not be blamed according to their doctrine, intolerance and hate have reigned for thousands of years and millions of lives have been lost because someone had to be blamed. (and no, it's not the devil who can be blamed either because their make believe God allows that devil to exist)If their Gospels are correct, then the Jews were very much to blame for Jesus' death. The Jews did not like this young man correcting their Rabbis on Jewish Law, telling them their laws were superficial and in many cases, meaningless without truly loving Elohim in their hearts. (well, in their consciousness) ;-) It was quite convenient for the Jews to turn in a politically INcorrect Jesus over to Herod, who was responsible for making sure there was no social unrest. And Jesus was definitely a revolutionary in a world of Jewish tradition. So once again, the Vatican needs to reconcile the contradictions in their own gospels. The Bible says the Jews turned Jesus over to Herod. Period. It's not rational to keep changing the story. Make a stand and stick with it instead of reinterpreting and recontextualizing in order to be politically correct. Politically correctness is what caused the Jews to turn over Jesus to Herod in the first place. This latest statement from the Pope is just another attempt to distance himself from anything to do with the "politically correct anti-Semitic phobia" which Rael points out is penalizing the entire planet. If you'd like to know more on this, please search this site for the Israeli born Honorary Guides Ilan Pappe and Gilad Atzmon. What they say is terribly compelling, and should be required reading for all Jews and Christians. Be ready to learn a lot about the Middle East! :-)And while forgiveness is necessary for any of us, before the Pope starts handing out forgiveness so benevolently, he should first take responsibility for the terrible things he is continuing. To name just a couple: Covering up thousands of cases of Pedophilia as well as continuing to commit genocide by lying to African populations, telling them that condoms do not stop the AIDS virus. This causes untold suffering and death. The Pope should be at the front of the "forgiveness line". But forgiveness cannot happen unless he starts repairing the damage, right?There's just one more thing. Attorneys Jon Levy and Thomas Easton (www.vaticanbankclaims.com) have amassed more than a little evidence that the Vatican/Pope actually helped Nazis during WWII by laundering stolen money and treasure.So who should be forgiving whom?Ricky RoehrContinental Guide North America</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2011-03-04T04:24:14+00:00</published>

					</entry>

					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/work-suits-on-the-way-out%2C-a-wonderful-trend.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Work suits on the way out, a wonderful trend</title>

						<updated>2011-02-15T08:59:19+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

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						<summary type='text'>A recent poll of British workers has shown that dress codes are becoming increasingly old-fashioned. They found that only one in 10 employees wears a suit every day and only 18% regularly wear a tie. A similar trend is observed in most Western Countries.Rael applauded saying 'this is a wonderful trend that was long due.”He commented: “Finally, and thankfully, the ugliest man's fashion in history is disappearing. This elimination is not only important for beauty, but also has deep implications in terms of conformism and conservatism, both of which are thankfully disappearing as well.”Rael has suffered repeated criticism about his outfit which he designed himself in order to encourage people to wear what they want and not what the fashionably correct is telling them to wear.“Although this first step is small, I hope that original and "crazy" shapes will return in men fashion as they used to be for the major part of human history.” added Rael.For him, fashion and creativity will also help create a more peaceful and tolerant society where differences are not only accepted but promoted. “The promotion of differences is the only way to avoid a terrible bureaucratic normalization imposed by centralized governments trying to impose more control over the population” explained Rael. “It starts with uniforms in schools, which should be forbidden worldwide because uniforms homogenize children, killing originality and creativity.”Rael also linked this 'suit-and-necktie' dress code to the Western militant society. He said 'it's time to completely destroy the militaristic heritage of our ancestors, who almost destroyed the world.'The abandon of the suit in ex-colonized countries has also long been encouraged by the spiritual leader who sees the use of the Western uniform by African or Asian people as a submission to the ex-colonial authority. "Already in Africa more and more people are abandoning the European dresses to go back to the colorful traditional African attires. It is the same in Asia where kimonos have always been the most beautiful dresses in the world making the European 3 pieces suit looks ridiculous. Finally thanks to young generations and its attraction to Cosplay outfit, the ugliest fashion of all times: the European suit for men is definitely on its way out".Rael gives several one week long seminars per year, at least one on each continent where he teaches participants to be themselves. "Do everything you can to stay away from "good taste" which is just a normalization denying other people the right to have different taste , or just to BE different." explains Rael.Rael's next seminar, the Raelian Happiness Academy, will be held in Las Vegas from March 27th to April 3rd.</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2011-02-15T08:59:19+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-condemns-rabbi-who-says-gentile-sperm-leads-to-barbaric-offspring.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael condemns Rabbi who says 'Gentile sperm leads to barbaric offspring'</title>

						<updated>2011-02-08T03:25:18+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

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						<summary type='text'>According to a recent article published here http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-4006385%2C00.html a senior authority on Jewish law in the Religious Zionism movement, Rabbi Dov Lior, said that a Jewish woman should never get pregnant using sperm donated by a non-Jewish man – even if it is the last option available. According to him, a baby born through such an insemination will have the "negative genetic traits that characterize non-Jews." Rael commented saying that &amp;nbsp;"This is racism at its worst. What would the world says if somebody were to be saying, 'Don't use Jewish sperm because it can create criminals.' Everybody would (rightfully) condemn such a statement as criminal Antisemitism. So why is this double standard being accepted?”This article reports Lior saying among other things: "If the father is not Jewish, the child will inherit the non-Jews characters which he represents as cruelty and barbarism! "Artificial insemination and sperm donation should be avoided, as they lead to waste of sperm, unclear genealogy and other Jewish law offenses.""&amp;nbsp;Women should concentrate their efforts on getting married younger instead of freezing their eggs to use at a later date. The role of women – child rearing – is not less important than an academic degree." "Single women shouldn't get pregnant. If a child is born without a father, he cannot be 100% normal. According to rabbinical literature these kids are "criminals and subjects of other negative phenomena."Woow! Very hard to believe nowadays. If we were to let this rabbi and the pope lead the world together we would quickly lose several centuries in our development! We thought important to remind you dear readers that scientific progress is always under threat when theists are involved.Please help us destroy the myth of god and save this planet and its creation from imbecile destruction!Note: The use of non-Jews sperm is usually accepted by rabbis, which states that sperm donated by a non-Jew is preferable to that of an anonymous Jew, who might pose a genealogical risk.</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2011-02-08T03:25:18+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/over-two-million-children-homeschooled-in-the-us.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Over Two Million Children Home-schooled in the US</title>

						<updated>2011-01-12T00:03:21+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/over-two-million-children-homeschooled-in-the-us.html' />

						<summary type='text'>A study released a few days ago by the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) estimates that there were over 2 million children being home-schooled in the United States in 2010. According to the HSDLA, the Home School Legal Defense Association which advocates the legal right of parents to home-school their children, there were only an estimated 20,000 home-schooled children 30 years ago.Rael commented on this news saying that it is a wonderful trend. “With computers and internet there is no more need for schools and universities.” In a recent interview to a French magazine, Rael was explaining that Internet is becoming the Internet the central nervous system of Humanity. “People can find by themselves the knowledge they seek instead of buying what the main media are telling them. No one listen to CD anymore, books are on their way to museum – after all Guthenberg is quite old now. Internet also brings revolution in the educative system with more and more teachings available online for all. Then, why should children go to school and be bullied and mingled with unrefined, racist or sexist people?”He added that home-schooling will create much more respectful and non-violent children by removing bullying from their life.</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2011-01-12T00:03:21+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/father-christmas-banned-at-childrens-centre-after-muslim-family-complained.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Father Christmas banned at children's centre after Muslim family complained</title>

						<updated>2011-01-05T00:13:45+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/father-christmas-banned-at-childrens-centre-after-muslim-family-complained.html' />

						<summary type='text'>Father Christmas has been banned from visiting a children's nursery in Minnesota after a Muslim family complained. The Head Start Program in Minnesota stopped Father Christmas from delivering presents to children, so that one Somali family would not be offended. Rael commented : “ This is an excellent move! Santa Claus should be banned everywhere as it teaches&amp;nbsp;children to become liars”Two years ago, Dino Bottino, parish priest of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Novara, Italy, met with a storm of criticism for telling children the truth about Father Christmas. Rael expressed then his support for the clergyman’s disclosure and encouraged Raelians to counter the myth of Santa Claus as well. “This Italian priest is absolutely right,” Rael commented. “Teaching children inventions like Father Christmas or Santa Claus only serves to mislead them. It’s giving them a bad education by showing that their own parents, who should be reliable and honest, are liars.”Bottino told the press he considered it his duty to reveal that Father Christmas is nothing more than a fairy-tale figure comparable to Snow White, and that such fantasy figures have nothing to do with Jesus or the traditional Christian meaning of Christmas.But Rael went further, saying that merry end-of-the-year celebrations existed thousands of years before Christianity even existed, and that their zest and vitality have been lost.&amp;nbsp; “People forget that the original celebrations at this time of year weren’t even Christian. Ancient Romans knew them as Saturnalia, wonderful pagan events at which people partied and had fun by dancing in the nude and really letting loose. So the early Catholic Church did all it could to make people feel guilty about enjoying themselves that way. It pre-empted the Saturnalia celebrations by Christianizing them.”Exchanging gifts on Christmas occasion is however encouraged by Rael as it is like returning to the pagan origin of the Winter solstice celebrations. However to disguise it under another fairy tale like the Santa Claus’s one is a way to prepare children’s brain to accept all the other fairy tales that surround us like the god fairy tale and the evolution fairy tale. Children deserve more trust and respect.Rael reminded the Raelians this year again that these Christmas celebrations have nothing to do with Jesus, who wasn’t even born on the day the church says he was. “People should do all they can to bring these annual festivities back to their origins by adopting the pre-Christian, fun-loving mindset and most importantly, removing all mysticism, whether it is related to the birth of a god in a barn or to the mysterious Santa Claus or Father Christmas.”</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2011-01-05T00:13:45+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/raelism-implies-atheism-and-responsibilization.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Raelism implies Atheism and Responsibilization</title>

						<updated>2010-11-16T05:51:27+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

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						<summary type='text'>It was quite a surprise for the American Raelians to learn a few days ago about the suicides of Daniel Boli-Gbagra, his wife and her daughter in Miami. According to the reports they died from starvation while praying the Elohim to bring them food. It is always disturbing to learn that someone decided to give up this incredible gift that is life. We all feel responsible when it happens to someone close as we all wish we had known and had been able to help one way or another. Daniel has been close to the Raelians in New York where he lived before moving to Florida. He however left the Movement about 7 years ago and no one heard from him since then. Another disturbing part of this news was to read that while starving, they were hoping to get help from the Elohim, the human beings from another planet who created us and all forms of life on Earth. For us Raelians, it is very clear that everyone is responsible for everything that happens to him or her. In other words, there are no divine intervention ever. Those who created us are human beings who suggested us some rules to make our life better and happier but they will not intervene in our lives for any reason. This is one of the major tenets of the Raelian philosophy and one of the main disagreements expressed by Daniel when he left the Movement. According to some members, he had mystical perception and thought that the Elohim were involved in our life just like Christians or Muslims believe that their god is involved.In a recent address, Rael was referring to the Elohim saying that we should never make the mistake to see them like gods. “They are not gods they are human beings like us, we must never forget that. We must not replace god by Elohim. They are just teachers, men and women, human beings, like us. It is very important to remember. They created us equal to them not inferior. So to be Raelian is beautiful because we respect and love human beings who are equal to us instead of feeling inferior and praying a god.”As a tribute to our creators, it is also important for Raelians to derive pleasure from every aspect of life and suicide is in clear opposition to the Raelian values except in extreme circumstances, such as a person suffering from a physical illness that science cannot cure. Raelians don't believe in a mystical afterlife. We believe there is nothing after death unless science intervenes. So suicide is very much against our values of living lives full of pleasure and happiness. This is another one of the core values we try to bring to current society - that there is no heaven, no hell, no soul. This life is the only one we are sure to have.This being said, the story had another disturbing angle that we wish to outline using the words of Susan Palmer, Sociologist at the Department of Religion Dawson College in Montreal who has studied the Raelian Movement for more than 15 years, and who commented about the story: "... another case where a fringe member performs a violent act that is quite unrelated to the group's beliefs or the leaders' directives, and the media takes it up and broadcasts it as another example of "cult violence". As Gordon Melton says, you never hear about a Unitarian or a Catholic who commits suicide - but when a Scientologist does its big news. When a wife-beater or child molester is Jewish, the story never mentions his religious affiliation. Remember the case of the Washington sniper who had been a peripheral member of the Nation of Islam, like many African Americans, and the NOI had to issue a statement saying they didn't tell their members to shoot passers with rifles by from their cars!"</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2010-11-16T05:51:27+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-in-support-of-hawking.-there-is-no-need-of-a-god-to-explain-the-universe.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael in support of Hawking. "There is no need of a god to explain the universe"</title>

						<updated>2010-09-08T00:49:09+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/rael-in-support-of-hawking.-there-is-no-need-of-a-god-to-explain-the-universe.html' />

						<summary type='text'>Raelians worldwide are following with interest the heated debate sparked by British physicist Stephen Hawking’s latest book, “The Grand Design.”In the book, Hawking says God had no role in the creation of the universe and evokes spontaneous creation to explain the existence of something out of nothing. Britain’s religious leaders have reacted to these pronouncements in much the same way, defending an almighty god “upon whose activity everything ultimately depends for existence.”“This is a lot of blah-blah-blah for nothing, since there is no God,” said Rael, founder and leader of the International Raelian Movement. Rael has previously said he disagrees with Hawking’s vision of Earth humans “colonizing” the cosmos, but he said today that he agrees with the scientist’s view that “there is no need for a god to explain the existence of the universe.”Writing in The Times of London, Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said, “The Bible simply isn’t interested in how the universe came into being.”“This is a really funny comment, since the scriptures still teach that God created the universe,” Rael said. “If Rabbi Sacks wants to be consistent in what he says, creation of the universe by God should be removed from all the religious books.”“The whole debate revolves around the need of most human beings to find a beginning to the universe,” said Brigitte Boisselier, Ph.D., spokesperson for the International Raelian Movement. “Spontaneous creation or creation by an almighty being cannot satisfy any rational brain, and the only alternative is the one brought by Rael – that the universe is infinite in both time and space.”The Raelian theory of an infinite universe that has always existed has recently found support from physicist and cosmologist Wun-Yi Shu of National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. He recently described a model in which the universe has neither beginning nor end, just alternating periods of expansion and contraction. In his model, Shu also shows that singularities cannot exist in this cosmos. (1)“The concept of infinity in time and space closes the debate about an almighty god at the center of everything and yields another form of spirituality, the Raelian spirituality,” Boisselier explained. “Infinite life forms exist out there and one of those civilizations has created humanity and all other life on Earth as part of an infinite cycle of scientific creation. Those creators are waiting for us to grow up and stop looking at them as gods!”She added that physicists and biologists “will hopefully merge their observations soon so this debate about an almighty God can be left behind.”</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2010-09-08T00:49:09+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-predicts-imminent-wave-of-ufo-sightings-throughout-china.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael predicts imminent wave of UFO sightings throughout China</title>

						<updated>2010-08-17T06:27:31+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/rael-predicts-imminent-wave-of-ufo-sightings-throughout-china.html' />

						<summary type='text'>Rael announced in a statement released today that a UFO that appeared over the Hangzhou airport, forcing authorities to close that facility, is “just the beginning of a huge wave of UFO apparitions that will appear starting now all over China.”“These UFO's are the vessels used by the Elohim, our creators from space who were described in all ancient Chinese traditions, and who a long time ago had children with the Chinese,” Rael said. “That's why the Chinese call themselves ‘children from the sky.’He added that the Elohim wish to have an embassy built to officially welcome them back to Earth and they would like it to be build in China.“China is the most important country on Earth, not only because it has the biggest population but also because its culture and civilization have always been the most scientifically and spiritually advanced,” Rael explained. “Thanks to this culture, China was almost totally preserved from the damage of primitive religions like Christianity and from other monotheistic, superstitious values. Instead, China has developed a very scientific and philosophically advanced society without the guilt caused by Christianity, especially Catholicism, and particularly thanks to the influence of Lao Tzu and Confucius, two of the greatest thinkers of history of humanity.The Raelian leader went on to comment that China also has a government that is “politically closest” to that recommended in Messages given him by the Elohim, especially China’s one-child policy for controlling overpopulation. “Communism, when applied with intelligence, is the best way to have a harmonious society,” he added.To illustrate, he pointed out that in China right now, capitalism is partially accepted on a provisional basis to reward those who are making the society evolve faster for the good of the entire population.“What’s more,” he said, “China while at the same time becoming the most powerful nation on earth, has avoided and continues to avoid any form of colonialism.”He explained that China could have colonized all of Asia long ago, along with Australia and beyond, since it was the first country to explore and circumnavigate the world long before Europeans did.“But the traditional wisdom of China restrains it from colonizing other populations and perpetrating genocides as the Europeans did,” Rael said. “Even with what will soon be the biggest and most powerful army in the world, China doesn’t have military bases around the world to dominate others, unlike the United States, which has 180 bases worldwide to guarantee world domination.”He said that for all these reasons, the Elohim wish to have the embassy where they will land officially built in China.“To generate interest in this project, the Elohim are launching a huge campaign of apparitions all over China so the Chinese will read the messages I have brought to humanity,”Rael said. “And it’s also to urge the Chinese government to accept the building of the Elohim Embassy in China, although the government’s first reaction to appease the population will be to offer so-called rational explanations for these UFO appearances, like saying they are merely meteorological events or military tests or visual illusions.”He added, “The truth is that more and more UFOs will be seen all over China and the authorities will soon have to recognize that they are real UFOs.”</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2010-08-17T06:27:31+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-invites-all-raelians-and-nonraelians%2C-especially-muslims%2C-to-make-caricatures-of-himself..html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael invites all Raelians and non-Raelians, especially Muslims, to make caricatures of himself.</title>

						<updated>2010-05-29T19:33:23+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/rael-invites-all-raelians-and-nonraelians%2C-especially-muslims%2C-to-make-caricatures-of-himself..html' />

						<summary type='text'>Rael has expressed his support for all who protest threats made by radical Muslim groups against people making images that depict the prophet Muhammad.He also encourages all those who want to make caricatures of himself to do so, so that he can have a chance to laugh at them.“I ask all freedom lovers to create and publish drawings of any god, Allah or Elohim, and also of any prophet, including caricatures of myself, since they always make me laugh.” declared Rael. “This is something religious fanatics forget: we have been created to laugh.""Freedom of expression for artists must never be limited," he added. “Besides, we don't have an actual photo of the real Muhammad, so nobody can say if it's him or not when someone draws a caricature.”Most importantly, Rael said, although religious Muslims can follow a rule asking them not to make any images of their prophet, non-Muslims have no such obligations. “Any Muslim can make a drawing of Jesus or Buddha," he said. "Freedom of expression must be absolute and free from any censorship.”"Rael is the only one on Earth able to accurately describe the prophet Muhammad, since he was introduced to him when he visited our Creators' planet in 1975,” said Dr.Brigitte Boisselier, spokesperson of the International Raelian Movement. “Rael describes his time there with all the prophets, including Moses, Jesus and Buddha, as full of humor and laughter. No doubt Muhammad would also love to laugh at caricatures made of himself.”A Facebook page is currently being set up by the Raelian Movement so that anyone can post or place a link to such caricatures of the prophets. We will keep you posted :-)</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2010-05-29T19:33:23+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/stephen-hawkings-warnings-about-aliens-based-on-evolutionist-prejudice.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Stephen Hawking's warnings about aliens based on evolutionist prejudice</title>

						<updated>2010-04-30T02:49:19+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/stephen-hawkings-warnings-about-aliens-based-on-evolutionist-prejudice.html' />

						<summary type='text'>Stephen Hawking's new documentary series “Universe” will air on the Discovery Channel starting on Sunday May 9. In that documentary, Hawkins joins the numerous scientists who now say that extraterrestrials are almost certain to exist.The universe, he points out, has 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of millions of stars. In such a big place, Earth is unlikely to be the only planet where life has “evolved”.This is where Raelians start to disagree as the Raelian philosophy states that the Universe is infinite and that life has always existed and will always exist in an infinite number of forms, implying then infinite in space and time. Infinity is one of the main concepts of the Raelian philosophy, very often rejected by the Scientific community for it is difficult to prove infinity. It is however what they will most likely propose soon, after pushing the boundaries of the known Universe over and over again. The other main point we disagree with is his warning regarding aliens' intents. Hawking suggests that seeking aliens out is dangerous and that humanity should be doing all it can to avoid any contact. He suggests that aliens might simply raid Earth for its resources and then move on: “We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet. I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonise whatever planets they can reach.”Rael commented on these pessimistic ruminations :“With these views, Hawking demonstrates that he’s not only physically handicapped but mentally handicapped by the degenerative disease of ‘evolutionism’ or ‘Darwinism. His fears about murderous, invading aliens are based on the theory of evolution – the myth of evolution, to be more precise. He’s afraid humans are inferior to aliens who might invade. That’s logical, but only if you accept the myth of evolution.”Rael called evolution “a magical, irrational concept” that does great harm. “Hitler’s views about superior Aryans; slavery and apartheid; and Hawking’s delirium of aliens wiping out humanity all fit perfectly with the evolution myth,” he said, adding that he admires the stance taken by Swedish scientist Soren Lovtrup.“Lovtrup said Darwinian evolution will one day be considered the greatest deceit in the history of science and that it’s anti-science and false,” he said. “I agree.”And the truth about the origin of life on Earth?“It’s the result of intelligent design, not by just one so-called godly designer but by extraterrestrial designers, plural, called the Elohim,” Rael said. “With intelligent design, you automatically have intelligent organization of the universe as well, organization based on peace and love, not on monsters ready to invade and destroy humanity.” Why?“Intelligent designers wouldn’t allow anyone to destroy their creation,” Rael said. “What’s more, with cosmic laws based on intelligent design, violent species wind up self-destructing before they can spread their violence to other planets.”Is this a lesson for humanity?“We can use weapons of mass destruction to eliminate ourselves,” Rael explained. “We don’t need alien invasions for that; we’re powerful enough and stupid enough to do it ourselves unless peace and love prevail. Stephen Hawking is doing a terrible thing by instilling fear. Fear leads to poor health, bad behaviors and the militaristic policy of weapons accumulation that can lead to humanity’s self-destruction. The world needs peace, love and global disarmament, not fear. And we must eliminate the myth of God and the myth of evolution, since both of these myths perpetuate fear and violence.”It is important to state again that any form of humanity that has reached a level where it can leave its planet and reach for other humanities, have also reached a level of technology where they can destroy themselves. If they don't destroy themselves, it means they have reached a level of love and peace that make them worthy of contacting other civilizations. This rule is quite simple and universal. This is why Raelians are so eager to inform the planet of the wish of those who created us to come and visit us again. They came on Earth and created every form of life like described in all ancient texts, old religion scriptures and stories told by ancestors in the most remote parts of the planet. They created us in their image, lived with us for a while and left us develop until we reach a level where we can understand that they are no gods but advanced human beings willing to meet with us again... read more on www.rael.org or download the book Intelligent Design.</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2010-04-30T02:49:19+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/the-trauma-myth-by-susan-a.-clancy-will-help-abuse-victims-more-than-years-of-therapy-will.html</id>

						<title type='text'>“The Trauma Myth” by Susan A. Clancy will help abuse victims more than years of therapy will!</title>

						<updated>2010-03-16T03:52:44+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
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						<summary type='text'>Rael has expressed his support for psychologist Susan Clancy, who says the conventional trauma model emphasizing “damaging” aspects of sexual “abuse” in childhood is incorrect.In her book “The Trauma Myth,” Clancy explained that the “damaged” label traditionally applied to victims actually causes them additional harm. According to her study, many victims of childhood sexual abuse report that they weren’t terrified, but uncomfortable and confused. Many say they experienced shame and guilt long after the acts occurred because they had “consented,” but that they didn’t experience the experience as the horrifying trauma popular theory says they endured. According to Clancy, they feel guilty because their cases don’t fit the societal mold of what they supposedly experienced.Clancy bases her views on ten years of interviewing sex abuse victims plus an extensive review of literature dating back to the early 1900s.Rael said in a statement released today that he personally knows people who were supposedly “sexually abused” in childhood according to conventional theory, but that the label is as misleading and harmful as Clancy suggests.“These people were not only non-traumatized but think the great and harmonious sexual life they have enjoyed all their lives is due to positive sexual experience they had while still children,” he said.Then why are these people always considered “victims” according to convention?“Politically correct people want these individuals to be traumatized to conform to their Judeo-Christian model of sexual correctness,” he explained. “We [Raelians] absolutely condemn pedophilia, but as Clancy said, people must realize that underage sexual experience doesn’t necessarily harm children and traumatize them for life. What’s more, some children actually benefit from such experience in their sexual development – even if we don’t want to hear about it!”He added, “A scientific fact is a scientific fact. The Judeo-Christan normalizators would like to force everyone who had underage sexual experience to feel traumatized by it. If they instead say they now feel great about it, the normalizers would have them put under psychiatric care as “sexual deviants,” attributing their happiness about the early experience to what they call ‘a trauma that made them abnormal.’ According to them, any normal child must be traumatized by such an experience, but it’s just not the case.”Rael likened the “traumatized victim of childhood sexual abuse” concept to a contemporary witch hunt.“All of this looks more like a religious inquisition than science,” he said. “And above all else, it doesn’t take into consideration the well being of human beings. An open and scientific society should welcome testimonies of former, so-called “sexually abused children,” who as adults report that they enjoyed the experience and that it helped them achieve very harmonious and happy sexual lives. And this does not promote pedophilia. It just shows that different people have different reactions to similar experiences, and that we don’t have to force harmonious people into feeling bad about their past just to satisfy our prejudice.”“Rael’s teachings have helped thousands of people discard the Judeo-Christian concept that says having sex is bad most of the time,” said Brigitte Boisselier, spokesperson for the Raelian Movement. “In his weeklong Happiness Academy, he reinforces the importance of a healthy sexual life for overall well being, removing guilt, fear and the harmful concept of normality in the process.”Boisselier explained that according to the Raelian philosophy, there is no such thing as “a normal sexuality.”“There is only a vast array of differences,” she said. “For that reason, conservative people have tried to portray the Raelian philosophy as a deviant one that encourages pedophilia, just as they are now portraying Susan Clancy’s findings.”Boisselier said Rael has invited Susan Clancy to give a lecture at his coming Happiness Academy, to be held in Las Vegas from March 27 to April 3 at the Alexis Park Hotel.</summary>
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<published>2010-03-16T03:52:44+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/prehistoric-ufo-and-et-images-found-in-remote-cave-in-india.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Prehistoric UFO and ET images found in remote cave in India</title>

						<updated>2010-03-02T06:03:32+00:00</updated>

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						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
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						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/prehistoric-ufo-and-et-images-found-in-remote-cave-in-india.html' />

						<summary type='text'>It was a pleasure to read the article posted below, showing another evidence that human beings from another planet were on earth a long time ago.For those of you who are not fully acquainted with the Raelian philosophy, you may want to visit our main website : www.rael.orgIn summary, Raelians understand that all forms of life on Earth have been created by advanced scientists, human beings from another planet, who were mistakenly taken for god(s) by our ancestors. They created in their image and left behind them many traces as well as teachings through their numerous Prophets.Here is another evidence of their coming to Earth:Source: Archeology Daily Newshttp://www.archaeologydaily.com/news/201002173333/Prehistoric-UFO-and-ET-images-found-in-remote-cave-in-India.htmlPrehistoric UFO and ET images found in remote cave in IndiaRajasthan TimesA group of anthropologists working with hill tribes in a remote area of India have made a startling discovery: Intricate prehistoric cave paintings depicting aliens and UFO type craft.Prehistoric UFO and ET images found in remote cave in IndiaThe images were found in the Hoshangabad district of the state of Madhya Pradesh only 70 kilometers from the local administrative centre of Raisen. The caves are hidden deep within dense jungle.A clear image of what might be an alien or ET in a space suit can be seen in one cave painting along with a classical flying saucer shaped UFO that appears to be either beaming something down or beaming something up, in what might be an ancient UFO abduction scenario. A force-field or trail of some sort is seen at the rear of the UFO.Also visible is another object that might depict a wormhole, explaining how aliens were able to reach Earth. This image may lead UFO enthusiasts to conclude that the images might have been drawn with the involvement of aliens themselves.Local Archaeologist, Mr Wassim Khan, has personally seen the images. He claims that the objects and creatures seen in them are totally anomalous and out of character when compared to other, already discovered, examples of prehistoric cave art depicting ancient life in the area. As such he believes that they might suggest beings from other planets have been interacting with humans since prehistoric times: Adding weight to the 'ancient astronaut theory' which postulates that human civilization was established with the assistance of benevolent space-faring aliens.</summary>
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<published>2010-03-02T06:03:32+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-to-tiger-woods-divorce-and-enjoy-polyamory.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael to Tiger Woods: ‘Divorce and enjoy Polyamory!</title>

						<updated>2010-02-23T18:15:13+00:00</updated>

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						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
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						<summary type='text'>Rael has sent an open letter to Tiger Woods urging him to stop making his life a model of guilt, sadness and conformism to antiquated Judeo-Christian values. Such a model is a poor example to set for the younger generation, Rael advised the world-renowned golfer.Some excerpts from the letter: “Adultery is not mental disease but a very normal behavior among both humans and animals. The Hite report shows that 70 percent of women in America and 72 percent of men married for more than 5 years say they’ve had at least one extramarital sexual relationship during their lives.“The real disease of our society is the Puritanism and politically correct Judeo-Christian conformism that almost nobody actually follows in private life. Those trying to misguide others into condemning you in a kind of public flagellation are the ones who need therapy, not you. They are judging you through the lenses of their primitive education.”“The only person close to you who needs therapy is your wife, who enjoys the fact that you spend time talking, partying and dining with other people as long as there is no insertion of your penis. Those few inches of flesh make her feel betrayed. If she doesn’t get therapy, you will be better off divorcing such a jealous partner to freely enjoy your sexual partners. I encourage you to explore what more and more people are calling ‘polyamory,’ which means loving many people simultaneously and with no jealousy.”“Stop saying you dishonored your sport. Your sport is one thing and your sexual life is another. In your sexual life, you don’t have to conform to any politically correct model.”You pretend to be returning to ‘normality’ thanks to therapy and spirituality. What kind of normality is that? Which is normal: the happy, radiant and successful Tiger Woods, or the self-flagellating, publicly guilty and desperate new Tiger Woods? And what kind of spirituality is helping you? Is it the old Judeo-Christian version that makes sex sinful and calls such pleasures ‘a path to hell?’A true spirituality never spawns guilt or social normalization. Instead, it promotes freedom and happiness by encouraging you to be different from others, not a robot conforming to repressive traditions.I invite you to attend my next seminar, where you can experience an authentic spirituality that eliminates all guilt and fear and encourages you to fully enjoy your life, including sex with multiple partners or polyamory. The Raelian philosophy is supported by recent scientific research that proves human beings were created for pleasure.”“I personally invite you to attend my upcoming, weeklong Happiness Academy in Las Vegas. The Happiness Academy will bring you back to the person you really are: a happy man with a healthy sexuality, always ready to enjoy new partners.”Those sharing this spirituality of freedom can attend this seminar given by Rael himself at the Alexis Park Hotel from March 27 to April 3”:</summary>
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<published>2010-02-23T18:15:13+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-applauds-new-zealand-anglican-church-poster-depicting-mary-and-joseph-postsex.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael applauds New Zealand Anglican church poster depicting Mary and Joseph post-sex</title>

						<updated>2009-12-18T17:47:44+00:00</updated>

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						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
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						<summary type='text'>Rael, leader of the International Raelian Movement, today sent his support to the leader of the Anglican church of Saint Matthew's in central Auckland, New Zealand, for posting a controversial billboard that shows the Virgin Mary and Joseph in bed, apparently after having some disappointing sex. New Zealand Christians have expressed outrage about the billboard and want it removed.  In contrast, Raelians around the world, including Rael himself, are commending Saint Matthew's for its innovative approach. “Making people think about the fairy tale of Christmas is highly needed,” explained Mark Woodgate, leader of the New Zealand branch of the Raelian Movement. “Millions of children are told at this time of year that a god was born from a human female without any sexual intercourse. This was probably acceptable 4 or 5 centuries ago when people didn't know anything about the biology of conception. But to keep telling this story to our children now and to accept it as adults is just like believing in Santa Claus. It's urgent to put more emphasis on science and rationality in our spiritual life.”Woodgate said the Raelian philosophy is based on information given to Rael that all life on Earth was created by human beings from another planet who were mistaken for a god or gods by our ancestors. "Raelians recognize all prophets of the past as messengers of these creators, who through their prophets tried to educate us until we could understand that we were created scientifically," Woodgate explained. "That science is at the very core of all that we experience and feel as human beings." Woodgate said a prophet's life is never easy.“The teachings of all past prophets have been betrayed and distorted, and the supposed celibacy of the Virgin Mary is one of the best examples of that," he said. "What the Anglican Church is trying to achieve with this billboard is commendable. It's bringing rationality to the story of Jesus while allowing people to focus on his original message of love. That message is beautiful and it's a part of the Raelian philosophy.” Woodgate said Rael has encouraged people to reject the Christian version of Christmas along with Santa Claus. "He usually reminds the Raelians celebrating the holidays with him that such celebrations have nothing to do with Jesus, who wasn’t even born on the day the church says he was," he explained. “People should do all they can to bring these annual festivities back to their origins by adopting the pre-Christian, fun-loving mindset, and, most importantly, by removing all the mysticism, whether it’s related to the birth of a god in a barn or to a mysterious Santa Claus or Father Christmas." Woodgate said Raelians around the world exchange "'Merry Saturnalia'" wishes rather than "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Christmas" sentiments, and that they are preparing to celebrate the end of another great year of scientific discoveries "that are in perfect agreement with every part of the Raelian scriptures."</summary>
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<published>2009-12-18T17:47:44+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/the-singularity-and-the-raelian-messages.html</id>

						<title type='text'>The Singularity and the Raelian Messages</title>

						<updated>2009-10-09T04:20:18+00:00</updated>

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						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
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						<summary type='text'>Refuting Arthur C. Clarke:Maitreya Rael accurately forecast the future – decades ago!   “All attempts to predict the future in any detail appear ludicrous within a few years.” (Esteemed scientist and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, writing in the 1983 introduction to his updated edition of “Profiles of the Future,” first published in 1962) Sir Arthur got an amazing number of things right in his very long lifetime (he died last year at the age of 90), but he got this wrong. In the early 1970s, someone did accurately predict – in considerable detail – the future we’re living right now. That someone was Rael. And he didn’t only forecast the wonders we’ve been enjoying for the last dozen years or so. He also described – again in considerable detail – the even more amazing marvels yet to come, as humanity approaches the time of Singularity around 2025 to 2035. (If you don’t know what the Singularity is, check out Ray Kurzweil’s “The Singularity is Near,” published in 2005. Kurzweil, described by Bill Gates as “the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence,” also maintains an excellent Web site, www.KurzweilAI.net, where he posts updated information on all the latest technological developments. Visit that site and you’ll find yourself reading reports about the very things Rael predicted more than 30 years ago! So what developments did Rael predict that Arthur C. Clarke didn’t? Here’s just one example (the underlining is mine): “A very long time ago on our distant planet, we had reached a level of technical and scientific knowledge, comparable to that which you will soon reach. Our scientists had started to create primitive, embryonic forms of li fe, namely living cells in test tubes.” (Source: Yahweh, speaking to Rael in Chapter 2, “The Truth,” of Book One, The Book Which Tells the Truth,” in “Intelligent Design, p. 10.) If you’re a regular reader of Rael Science, or if you otherwise keep up with the latest scientific developments, you know humanity is already on the cusp of this milestone achievement. In 2009, it is no longer a prediction but an emerging reality.The list of Rael’s accurate predictions goes on and on…and nobody else, including Arthur C. Clarke himself, foresaw these developments so accurately – or so early. I have recently reread “Profiles of the Future,” and I noted that even when Clarke updated the book in the early 1980s, he got a lot of things wrong. (Read the book and you’ll see what I mean.) Rael got everything right. The wonders he described in detail more than three decades ago are now the hot news of today’s leading science journals. While a few other writers managed to glean part of the truth on their own, interpreting humanity’s past in terms of extraterrestrial beings mistaken for gods, only Rael could confidently describe the future we’re living right now. And he didn’t get a single thing wrong. In fact, everything he wrote was spot on! Rael got everything right because he had the help of the Elohim, our extraterrestrial creators. Just as he explained, they have been monitoring humanity’s progress and are completely familiar with the various stages of scientific development. Having passed through those stages themselves, and having created life elsewhere, they were able to give their messenger accurate depictions of t he wonders Earth scientists were about to achieve. Those wonders include sentient robots that will tirelessly perform all tedious work worldwide, plus replicators that will produce all desired objects (including food) using only basic elements. It will be an age of unlimited abundance, thanks to science. Scarce resources will be a thing of the past. Freed from the tyranny of work, people will also enjoy vastly extended, disease-free lives thanks to cloning and other genetic techniques, plus nanotechnology and the fusion of human biology with robotics. This will be the era of superintelligence, when people merge with machines. Money will be obsolete in such a world, since there will be no need to motivate people to wo rk. And we will no longer need to conserve natural resources, since everything will be available for free and in unlimited quantities through replicators. All this Rael described way back in the mid 1970s, when such ideas seemed more like imaginative science fiction.Many people laughed back then. Even today, when all that Rael has written is proven daily on the science pages, some people are wallowing in confusion, bombarded by conflicting information. I urge those plagued with such doubts to first read (or reread) Rael’s “Intelligent Design,” a compilation edition of the three books he wrote in the early 1970s, and simultaneously read Kurzweil’s “The Singularity is Near,”published in 2005. Go back and forth between these two books and be prepared to be astounded. Rael accurately predicted everything Kurzweil – one of the leading scientists of our age – is verifying today. In a nutshell, the exponential explosion of scientific knowledge forecast in Rael’s early works has already begun, and it will soon transform the world in exactly the ways he described. The knowledge explosion will soon culminate in the Singularity, “a time when all things will be understood.” (This definition is taken directly from Rael’s “Intelligent Design.”) With many experts forecasting that the Singularity will occur within the next 25 years, it’s surely no coincidence that the Elohim hope to return at that time. Just remember that they will only return if enough wise people on Earth are following their messenger, Rael, and wish to welcome them back!     Kathleen Watterson, Las Vegas</summary>
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<published>2009-10-09T04:20:18+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-calls-for-africandebaptism-campaign-to-counter-pope-benedicts-evangelism-program.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael calls for African"de-baptism" campaign to counter Pope Benedict's evangelism program</title>

						<updated>2009-10-06T09:08:42+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

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						<summary type='text'>In his recent remarks to a synod of African bishops, Pope Benedict reportedly said that although the period of colonialism is over, the developed world is still exporting "toxic spiritual rubbish" in the form of materialism. He also referred to an "urgent" need for Catholic evangelism in Africa to combat this new form of colonization. "What's urgently needed is exactly the opposite," commented Maitreya Rael, spiritual leader and founder of the worldwide Raelian Movement."What Kama [the original, pre-colonial name for Africa used by its native inhabitants] really needs is large de-baptism campaigns to remove people from the influence of the colonizer religions, especially Christianity. " He said that although political the decolonization of Africa has been "partially accomplished," the spiritual counterpart of that liberation has yet to occur. “The need for spiritual decolonization is what's urgent," Rael Maitreya said. "The people of Kama must apostatize from Christianity, a religion that insults the memory of their ancestors. Those ancestors can't rest in peace because they're watching their descendants practice the religion of the colonizers, who forcibly conquered them through bloodshed and made them convert to Christianity the same way." He urged Africans to return to their pre-colonization religions after renouncing Christianity. "This is the only way they can please their ancestors, who are watching them," Rael Maitreya said. “The spiritual decolonization of Kama is an indispensable condition for the future development of this continent. Mao Tse Tung understood this principle; he launched the cultural revolution that was necessary to bring China to the superpower status it now enjoys." The Raelien philosophy, which has many followers in Kama, explains that all life on Earth was created scientifically by human scientists from another planet. Most pre-colonization religions confirm this Raelian explanation of our origin, for they speak of "those who created us and then returned to the stars."</summary>
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<published>2009-10-06T09:08:42+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/world-government-needed-more-than-ever.html</id>

						<title type='text'>world government needed more than ever</title>

						<updated>2009-09-25T01:34:40+00:00</updated>

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						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

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						<summary type='text'>Recently posted in the respected journal Science, top environmental scientists and economists are warning more than ever that "Human-made Crises are outrunning our ability to deal with them". These researchers cited “Energy, food and water crises, climate disruption, declining fisheries, ocean acidification, emerging diseases and increasing antibiotic resistance are examples of serious, intertwined global-scale challenges spawned by the accelerating scale of human activity”.They went on to say that nations alone are unable to resolve the sorts of planet-wide challenges now arising.Rael declared: "This is the proof that the need for a world government is stronger than ever and is in fact the only way to save Humanity. Not only to save it from "climate changes, high sea fisheries and antibiotic resistance" as they said, but from the most dangerous man-made hazard: weapons of mass destruction and military people. As well as another danger they do not talk about and which may be the worst: overpopulation and those pushing for it: primitive religions like the Catholic church and speeches by the pope asking people not to use birth control and abortion and making as many children as possible. In fact these primitive religions are prisoners of their own "holy books" which ask men to have as many children as possible. And as it is a "word of god" it cannot be changed by the pope... So they will never change and even if we are dying from overpopulation with 2 layers of human beings on Earth, they cannot say the opposite because "god asked humanity to multiply"... So, the only solution is to promote apostasy and to make religious books asking to have as many babies as possible illegal".Now, more than ever, science is demonstrating that what the Elohim told Rael 35 years ago is indeed happening. They also warned that we do not have forever to decide to do something about these things.</summary>
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<published>2009-09-25T01:34:40+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/raelians-approve-u.n-promotion-of-extensive-sex-education.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Raelians approve U.N Promotion of Extensive Sex Education</title>

						<updated>2009-09-19T03:00:54+00:00</updated>

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						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

						<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://raelnews.org/raelians-approve-u.n-promotion-of-extensive-sex-education.html' />

						<summary type='text'>A recent U.N. Guideline is promoting the teaching of extensive sex education to children as young as 5 years old.  Obviously a decision like this is causing a lot of controversy. :-)It is important to note here that this report gives guidelines that were compiled by a team of experts, who reviewed more than 80 studies before reaching their conclusions.According to a Sept. 10 article in Britain’s Daily Mail, the UNESCO draft report advocates teaching children about masturbation as well as about other sexual acts and orientations, abortion and sexually transmitted diseases. Further, it states that some of this instruction, including information about the pleasurable feelings obtained from self stimulation – is desirable as early as age 5.By age 12, children should be learning about abortion and contraception issues, according to the report. Guidelines covering appropriate sex topics for four age groups are slated to reach authorities and education officials worldwide by the end of October. Rael has been teaching this exact thing as a part of our philosophy since its inception in December of 1973. This precise advice of teaching children fully about sex was, in fact, given to us at that time by humanity's true Creators, the Elohim. There is more on this below but for now, let's look at the two main arguments against this U.N. decision - which we're sure you can pretty much already guess. ;-)The two main critics of this plan can be summed up as1) As one woman put it,  "When it comes to innocent children at the tender age of five years old, it is absolutely appalling these guidelines suggest that they should be taught about subjects such as masturbation."2) As another woman who stated "This is wholly inappropriate and is destroying parental responsibility. It is parents who should determine the pace of revelation, not the authorities."There are so many things which need to be addressed in order to discuss this topic fully! But basically, since it's a person's/society's value systems which are in place which decide if something is good or bad, what needs to be questioned are those value systems. Raelians' value systems are often quite different from others' while at the same time holding human life and in particular, the quality of life, very, very dear.For Raelians, what is appalling, is that these innocent children are being subjected to dogma which makes them feel guilty or ashamed of something which is as natural as eating or sleeping - both of which are done out of necessity as well as for pleasure. Many will say that it is up to the parent to teach a child about sex. Raelians don't contest that parents should be part of this education they however outline that most parents are not teaching children anything realistic about sex. The problem is that the parents are teaching what they were taught when in actuality, science is showing us that there is a much different reality. Our grandparents did not have access to this science but we do. And when science shows us something different than what religious/social dogma teaches, then we have the obligation to change our views. The parents who are afraid of this type of sex education were themselves brought up by parents whose parents taught them (and whose parents taught them...) that sex was only for procreation, something for a woman to endure in order to satisfy her husband and other such primitive nonsense. Ouf...what nonsense! If you are a woman reading this, remember that this is the same logic which kept women from voting for centuries. (and still does) Sticking to their old ways, parents and religious leaders tout the same old dogma which makes billions of people feel shame or fear about sex. Eliminating this fear and guilt surrounding sex would massively decrease unwanted pregnancy, thus abortion and the spread of STD's. So what the U.N. is doing here is fantastic. They are following science instead of tradition and religious dogma.Teaching children that it's something dirty, sacred, perverse, for procreation only...only compounds the problem. Ignoring the reality that we are all wired for sex second only to eating and surviving is actually what twists and perverts our perceptions of sex. It makes us feel guilt for something which is wwwonderful. This lack of education is also the main cause of unwanted pregnancy as well as the transmission of STDs. This very "burying of the head in the sand" approach is what leads to the AIDS epidemic in Africa because the Pope and other religious leaders ignore scientific data and cling to old, inaccurate dogma which is killing millions of people. :(If it were not pleasurable, none of us would exist. None of our parents would have conceived us if it would have not been pleasurable. So to argue that pleasure for pleasure's sake is not a very good one, don't you think?There are also growing statistics which show a direct correlation between sexual repression and violence. The less sex a person has - or the more they maintain that sex is dirty, perverse etc, the more likely they are to act out violent or perverse acts.  Enter Pedophile Priests...On the topic of pedophilia: Many people will claim that such extensive sex education would lead to this terrible act. On the contrary, it would help to dramatically reverse this illness in people!  When we are raised in an environment which is in harmony with what a human being is programmed for, we no longer seek out secret fulfillment. Terrible acts like rape and pedophilia would be greatly reduced if the perpetrators of these crimes had been raised with a healthy view on sex. But in most societies, sex is considered something taboo, dirty, a sin - or only ok if with a husband/wife of the opposite sex, only for procreation, no birth control, bla bla... By addressing the causes of pedophilia and not the symptoms, we can all but eliminate this terrible act. What are the causes? Recognizing the fact that we were created for pleasure is the first step in understanding this - and that changes everything. Because everything we do is for pleasure. Everything. Fine cuisine, a beautiful sunset, the smell of a rose, laughing, the feel of a cool breeze on our face, even paying our taxes in order to avoid the displeasure of going to jail or being fined....everything. There are soooo many pleasures available all around us! And certainly sex is certainly one of the most amazing pleasures we can partake in! Science is realizing, thanks to studies like which prompted the U.N. to make their recommendations, that sexual repression leads to perverse acts, not the other way around.  To close with the words of The Elohim Themselves, here is a beautiful passage from the messages They gave to Rael 35 years ago. The advice given here deals specifically with the topic at hand - a topic which has the potential to help humanity reach more of our potential and become more than we are - happier. And happy people are never, ever violent, are they? :-)  As you can see from these words from Our true Creators, sensuality and sexuality (which are linked but not synonymous)  are profoundly spiritual in nature since mind and body are - one. You can download this book and others for free from this site. But for now, enjoy this beautiful passage. :)"Sensual education is one of the most important things, and yet at the moment, it scarcely exists at all.You will awaken the mind of your child, but you will also awaken his or her body, for the awakening of the body is linked to the awakening of the mind. All those who seek to numb the body are also numbing the mind.Our creators have given us our senses so that we use them. The nose is meant for smelling, the eyes for seeing, the ears for hearing, the mouth for tasting, and the fingers for touching. We must develop our senses so as to get more enjoyment from all the things around us, which our creators put here for us to enjoy.A sensual individual is far more likely to be in harmony with infinity, because such a person can feel it without having to meditate or reflect.Meditation and reflection will enable that individual to understand this harmony better and to radiate it all around himself or herself by teaching it.To be sensual means to let your environment give you pleasure.Sexual education is very important as well, but it only teaches the technical functions and uses of the organs. Sensual education, on the other hand, teaches us how to gain pleasure from our organs purely for pleasure’s sake, without necessarily seeking to use them for their utilitarian purposes.To say nothing to your children about their sexual organs is wrong, and although it is better to explain what they are for, this is still not enough. You must explain how they can gain pleasure from them.To explain only their function would be like telling them that music is for marching to, that knowing how to write is helpful only for penning letters of complaint, or that movies are useful only for giving audio visual courses, and other such nonsense. Fortunately, thanks to artists and through the awakening of our senses, we can obtain pleasure from listening, reading or looking at works of art that were made for no other reason than to give pleasure. The same goes for the sexual organs. They are not just for satisfying our natural needs or for ensuring reproduction, but also for giving pleasure to others and ourselves. Thanks to science, we have finally emerged from the days when showing one’s body was a “sin”, and when sexual intercourse brought its own punishment - the conception of a child.Now thanks to contraceptive techniques, sexual union is freely possible without it becoming a definitive commitment - or even a possible one. You will teach your child all this without shame, but on the contrary, with love, clearly explaining that he or she was made to be happy and blossom fully - that is to say, to enjoy life with all the senses and with their full force.You must never be ashamed of your body or of your nakedness, for nothing displeases our creators more than to see those they created feeling ashamed of the appearance that has been given to them.You will teach your children to love their bodies and every part of the Elohim’s creation, because in loving their creation, we love them as well.Each one of our organs was created by our parents, the Elohim, so that we might use it feeling not shame, but happiness at using something for which it was designed. If the act of using one of our organs brings pleasure, it means that our creators wish us to have that pleasure.Every individual is a garden that should not be left uncultivated. A life without pleasure is an uncultivated garden...."From the book Intelligent Design - Message from the Designers. Download for free...here...and enjoy a life full of pleasure with no guilt so long as it is always with consenting adults, so long as  we respect each others tastes and desires, and so long as we always seek the happiness of those we claim to love. Mmmmm...love. :-)Ricky Roehr, Raelian Guide, responsible for North America</summary>
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<published>2009-09-19T03:00:54+00:00</published>

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						<id>https://raelnews.org/nicolosis-cure-for-homosexuality-is-bad-reprogramming.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Nicolosi's 'cure for homosexuality" is bad reprogramming</title>

						<updated>2009-04-30T05:42:20+00:00</updated>

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						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

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						<summary type='text'>An American psychologist by the name of Dr. Joseph Nicolosi is to speak soon at an event organized by the church group Anglican Mainstream in the UK. Why? He claims to have successfully treated homosexuality. In other words, he says he has helped many people to become heterosexual. He says that he has "increased their heterosexual potential" for 25 years and that he “offers a choice for people who were unhappy being gay”. On the idea that homosexuality can be “cured”, Rael commented “This is so stupid! It's not “curing” anyone. It’s simply "reprogramming", or "reformatting" or "reeducation", and it's very similar to what was done by communist China against political dissidents by just making people accept what they don't like, by conforming them to a social model.” Rael went on to say “As I have suggested before and what Raelians should promote is a sort of psychological "treatment" for Christians who are unhappy with their religion, and for sure at least 66 % of Christians would be "cured" - and in this case really cured because being Christian or a god believer is not genetic like homosexuality. (No one is born Christian. People are born gay, straight or bisexual) In fact this is what we do at Raelian seminars, help people to start reconditioning themselves to who they really are...”The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) also responded to Dr. Nicolosi’s statements by saying there was “…no evidence this sort of treatment works, and that it was likely to even cause considerable distress in the individual”. An RCP spokesman said: "There is no sound scientific evidence that sexual orientation can be changed. Furthermore, so-called treatments of homosexuality create a setting in which prejudice and discrimination can flourish." The good Dr. Nicolosi says that he offers a choice for people who were unhappy being gay. What is most interesting to ask here is to ask exactly why people are unhappy being gay? Is it that they don’t like the pleasure they receive and give? Certainly not.  So why?Let’s use another embarrassing example to illustrate this phenomenon. For 200 years, and it continues today, the Black population in the US (and unfortunately, in too many other places) have not been ashamed to be black, (even though many in the White race were trying to make them ashamed) but were indeed unhappy and ashamed of the social climate which has been in place and within which they are being forced to live. In other words, there was a paradigm in place which told whites and blacks that blacks should have fewer rights than whites. Whites were often using the Bible to justify these mindsets by quoting the scriptures which condoned slavery and that “since the Bible said it then it must be God’s will”. What has happened over the last 40 years is beautiful in that more and more people are ignoring those scriptures and instead choosing human rights. Slowly, people changed their minds but what largely happened was that the old generation was replaced by a new one which was more aware of the injustice of such ideas. The same thing will happen for homosexuals but not without the struggle which went along with the former example of Black civil rights. We have to speak up. We can’t give up. The cost is embarrassingly high.As Rael said, sexual preference is genetic but as with so many things in our life, we are a combination of genes and environment. Obviously being told every day that our sexual preference must be only heterosexual and in a married, monogamous relationship, will convince millions that anything else is deviant or perverse. And we know this type of mindset comes from religious dogma just as the notion that slavery was condoned by the Bible.Human beings are very social creatures and there are many studies which illustrate that we feel a social pressure to “follow the crowd” in most situations – even to the point of not speaking up when we think a building is on fire. It’s true! Many subjects tested did not speak up when they thought the very building they were in was on fire simply because no one else was speaking up. :-) What is important here is to understand that human beings tend to want to “fit in” – at least appear to fit in because that is what is important – that others see them as fitting in. ;-)No one wants to be judged as “deviant” for their sexual preferences by society. Even many of those who are most outspoken about homosexuality are caught in embarrassing spots. There are several like the American Evangelist Ted Haggard who brutally condemned homosexuality for decades and was caught in a homosexual relationship just a few years ago. In other words, he still secretly lived his genetic code rather than let society know who he really is or accepting himself for who he really is – genetically speaking. In recent interviews he said that he was also being “treated” for homosexuality by someone similar to Dr. Nicolosi. He assured audiences that it was working but even if he stops all homosexual acts all that will have happened is that he will have been reprogrammed to accept a social model just as Rael pointed out above.The only mechanism in place which teaches homosexuality is wrong is the religious one. As the reader may know, Raelians accept the origin of most religions as well as the Prophets like Moses, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha etc. So how do Raelians reconcile the apparent contradiction between ancient text and our complete acceptance of homosexuality even though the Prophets we acknowledge are reported to have said a few (very few) things against it? For one, we believe that there has been a succession of mistranslations and a sort of “4000 year telephone game” especially with monotheistic religions. The very idea of monotheism means there is only one truth and is very intolerant of anything else. And the word “homosexual” never even existed in the Bible. Enter Biblical interpretation…As far as we can read through the different texts that reached us, the ancient Prophets were not monogamous and certainly not condemning homosexuals. They only preached love and acceptation of the differences. Unfortunately, a few centuries later, their teachings were filtered and bullied by a society that wanted to control its members… and what better way to control than putting fear and guilt in everyone’s brain.In a recent address in Las Vegas, during his annual North American Raelian Academy, Rael reminded the audience that the best gift brought by our Creators through the revelations they made to Rael, is certainly freedom. ‘Nothing is forbidden for Raelians, the only rules that Raelians must respect is ‘absolute non-violence’. But even that isn’t that strict since the Elohim, our Creators, say that it is ok to use violence for self defense, if there are no other way to save yourselves and your loved ones. There are no sins for Raelians, just freedom and an intense pleasure to live fully the unique life given to us to enjoy with our unique genetic code. This is why Raelians will never stop claiming that sexuality is biological in nature, observed in hundreds of species, and that human beings should enjoy their sexual diversity as much as possible, in full respect of the others. To close, Raelians believe that there is no such thing as “normal” when it comes to sexuality, personality, likes, preferences etc. Heck, we all don’t even like the same foods! It’s hard to believe, but some of you out there don’t even like chocolate! :-)</summary>
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<published>2009-04-30T05:42:20+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/guantanamo-prisoners-to-start-fighting.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Guantanamo Prisoners to start Fighting</title>

						<updated>2009-01-25T08:11:31+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

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						<summary type='text'>The U.S. Defense Department has just estimated that more than 60 prisoners released from Guantanamo Bay have joined the ranks of the fighting. It is of course assumed that these men were, at least on some level, thought to be innocent after all since the US is not in the habit of releasing those found guilty, right?The Prophet Rael commented: “Is it so surprising that many innocent young people imprisoned illegally for 6 or 7 years without a trial, daily tortured, abused, and traumatized forever, and released without any money for damages, would then, out of revenge, join the ranks of "terrorists"? If they had not been illegally detained, they would never have done such a thing and would continue to be peaceful citizens. Illegal imprisonment of innocent people is creating potential terrorists, as well as invasion and genocides like in Gaza. Only love can save the world.” Since day one when Mr. Bush started this illegal and unethical war, Rael reminded him and the rest of the world that only listening and compassion can be the lasting solution to any conflict. Even the Bible in which Mr. Bush claims to believe quotes Jesus as saying “if you are struck, offer the other cheek” as well as “love thy enemies”. George did neither. It’s time to turn the page and it’s great that Mr. Obama on his first day in office signed the orders to start closing Guantanamo. So far, Mr. Obama seems to understand that one should not compromise their values in order to “win” at any price. Hopefully the pendulum will swing even harder toward love and understanding instead of “might makes right” because as Rael said, only love can save the world. Only love. And it starts with each of us loving those who are very different than us. It’s so easy to love those who are similar to us – and that’s more narcissism than it is love. To love, as other great Prophets reminded humanity, to love those who are different than us, especially those who even hate us. Only this can save the world.  Thank you Rael for this constant and loving reminder. :-)</summary>
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<published>2009-01-25T08:11:31+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/rael-supports-british-enjoy-life-without-god-campaign.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Rael supports British ‘enjoy life without God’ campaign</title>

						<updated>2009-01-15T19:24:00+00:00</updated>

						<author>

						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
</author>

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						<summary type='text'>Rael today announced his support for a controversial, £140,000 U.K. advertising campaign that features the slogan, “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”The four-week campaign, which has won kudos from the British Humanist Association and prominent atheists such as Richard Dawkins, was launched January 7, with the slogan displayed on 800 trains and buses in England, Scotland and Wales. A few days later, 1,000 similar ads were introduced on the London Underground.Rael congratulated those responsible for the ads and said they were a big step in the right direction – toward celebrating the joys of life without guilt, and without the crutch of a personal deity. “With 65,000 members in 103 countries, the Raelian Movement is the No. 1 world organization proselytizing atheism and pleasure,” he said. “I want to add my support and that of Raelians worldwide for those spreading this wonderful message.” Ariane Sherine, a comedy writer and the creative force behind the campaign, told The Daily Mail, a British newspaper, that the slogan conveys a positive message encouraging people to enjoy life rather than worry about what happens after death. She said she came up with the idea for the transport display ads after seeing Christian ads warning that non-believers will suffer eternal torment in hell. She thought a message giving the other side of the argument should get fair and equal treatment so people could make up their own minds, and it worked. The number of donations received as a result of this atheist bus ad shows that there’s tremendous public support for it. The ‘enjoy life without a supernatural deity’ message is telling people it’s OK to express what they’ve basically known all along but were afraid to admit to.”Let's celebrate!</summary>
<category term='Philosophy'/>
<published>2009-01-15T19:24:00+00:00</published>

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					<entry>

						<id>https://raelnews.org/jaguarland-rover-has-new-owners.html</id>

						<title type='text'>Jaguar-Land Rover has New Owners!</title>

						<updated>2008-12-25T01:16:59+00:00</updated>

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						<name>brigitte</name>
						<email>editor@nospam.com</email>
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						<summary type='text'>The Tables are TurningOne of the most prestigious auto companies in the world, Jaguar, has been a global giant for 50 years. But like its neighbors across the pond in the US, the once great manufacturer has been having trouble keeping the lights on. The prestigious company was purchased by India earlier this year.The Prophet Rael commented “What a great revenge: to see a company from India, a former British colony, owning the most famous British car manufacturer. It’s so wonderful. Gandhi must be laughing on the planet of the eternals. (the “paradise” where all the greatest people from Earth are living eternally just as promised by Jesus and other Prophets) And that's just the beginning. India, China and later all ex-European colonies, including Africa if well managed, will soon have a great non-violent revenge by becoming the owners of all European famous brands. For many, many years, the Prophet Rael has been promoting that all colonized countries peacefully but forcefully take back what was taken from them. Australia, Canada, US, Central and South America as well as Africa have all been colonized, pillaged and robbed of their treasure, land and culture. It’s so nice to see the beginning of the “collapse of the new Rome”. ;-) For more on “The Planet of Eternals”, we invite you to read Intelligent Design, Message from the Designers, a free download from this site. Yes, eternal life does exist. Curious? ;-)[Submitted by religiousatheis]</summary>
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<published>2008-12-25T01:16:59+00:00</published>

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