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Wow...where do I sign up?
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Some Sex With Your Clone Perhaps?
By Kristen Philipkoski 02:00 AM Aug. 31, 2005 PT
Two amateur documentary makers say they've infiltrated the UFO cloning
sect known as the Raelians and come away with candid videos they hope will
further tarnish the group's reputation and even help shut it down.
The Raelians are no strangers to bad press: Brigitte Boisselier, a Raelian
bishop and biochemist, created a media furor in December 2002 when she
announced the world's first successful cloning of a human. But her
credibility, as well as the Raelians', was questioned when she never
produced "baby Eve" or 12 other purported clones.
Now, rare video footage of the group taken at one of its Las Vegas
seminars has been spun into an as-yet-unreleased documentary that brings a
fresh, critical slant to the Raelians -- replete with allegations that the
sect uses sex as a recruitment tool, targeting people most likely to
sympathize with its message that aliens populated the world: "Trekkies and
whatnot," explained Abdullah Hashem, who taped the group in May as part of
a broader, personal investigation of the group.
"There are a lot of people (at these seminars) who believe in aliens, and
all these beautiful women who will have sex with you even though you're a
dork," he said. "And that's why most people were there."
Billed as an exposé, the video does little to shed light on the cloning
controversy, according to its makers' own admissions. In a taped
interview, Boisselier largely ducks questions about the existence of baby
Eve, Hashem said. And Claude Vorilhon, the Raelian leader, says that he
has never seen the baby, but that he supports Boisselier's efforts
"morally."
In fact, few people believe the cloning claims anyway, so there is little
left to debunk. But the video does offer a little-seen view into the inner
workings of the Raelians and the sway that Vorilhon -- aka Rael -- wields
over his followers, according to people who have seen it.
"I think what's disturbing about the Raelians is the total submission
members have to Claude Vorilhon, and the fact that families have been
estranged and marriages have been broken as a result of his influence,"
said Rick Ross, a cult expert based in Jersey City, New Jersey, who
screened the documentary footage.
In an interview with Wired News, the Raelians dismissed Hashem's claims as
a big misunderstanding. Spokesman Sage Ali said the group has nothing to
hide, and is not ashamed of anything the team may have recorded.
Raelian theology states that aliens long ago visited the Earth and
populated it through cloning. The religion also teaches that nudity and
sexuality are pure and beautiful, and that if people were more in touch
with their feminine sides, there would be less violence in the world.
"We love sensuality," Ali said. "We're very proud of what goes on. We have
nothing to hide. The footage taken at the seminar is all great as far as
I'm concerned."
Like most people, Hashem first heard of the Raelians as a result of the
human cloning claims. But the group really caught his attention after he
discovered that one of the Raelian commandments is to give 1 percent of
your annual income to help Vorilhon deliver his message. Hashem says it
was then that he suspected the group was a scam.
He recruited longtime friend Joe McGowen to attend the Raelian seminar.
The duo carried digital recorders and posed as hopeful inductees making a
student film. What they really wanted was to tape incriminating activities
of a group they suspected was coercing people to join the organization to
get their money.
"That's why I decided to make the documentary, to expose them," Hashem
said. "I contacted Rael and all the Raelian bishops and told them they had
a choice. I didn't have to release it if they would return all the money
and give a public apology."
The Raelians refused. After that, Hashem began holding talks with TV
networks to license his footage, and he said he has already struck one
deal that he hopes will see light as a news documentary as soon as this
fall.
Hashem isn't the first person to take on the Raelians and Clonaid, the
company the group owned and operated that purportedly conducted the
cloning.
Florida attorney Bernard Siegal, who sued Rael, Boisselier and Clonaid for
custody of the supposed cloned child, discovered that Clonaid had no
address or board of directors. "I came away completely convinced it was a
totally specious, fraudulent claim and publicity stunt, and that Clonaid
was a sham," Siegel said.
In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has investigated
the Raelians for their association with Clonaid and the company's cloning
claim. But Vorilhon has never been convicted of a crime.
Hashem hopes to give authorities more fodder. He claims his videos and
other investigations prove the Raelians deserve to be shut down.
It's unclear how damaging the video footage might be on its own, however.
Although it reveals activities that some people might find hypocritical or
distasteful, Hashem cannot point to anything illegal that he caught on
tape.
One "gotcha" moment shows the Raelian leader riveted by the erotic
gyrations of Raelian dancers. Another shows him instructing seminar
attendees not to gamble while visiting Las Vegas because it's against the
teachings of the Elohim -- the aliens that populated Earth through
cloning, according to Raelian doctrine. Later, Vorilhon is seen betting at
a casino.
Hypocrisy itself is not a crime, however. And, having weathered one media
storm and survived, the Raelians could be hard to fluster.
"That was the cutest thing," spokesman Ali said of the alleged gambling
incident. "The biggest thing we want in life is to see all humans happy. A
big part of our philosophy is to play, have fun."
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01 Sep 2005 12:57:11 AM |
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It the end of human morals. That's what it is.
Having sex with your clone????????
It would be a baby - how totally sick!!!!
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01 Sep 2005 06:57:30 PM |
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On 2005-09-01 01:57:11 -0400, "O:-)(-:<" <tadapope@aol.com> said:
It the end of human morals. That's what it is.
Human morals are already far gone.
Having sex with your clone????????
It would be a baby - how totally sick!!!!
No not really. I could finally blow myself! And give myself a good *****
bangin'!
No worries about aids or other ***** medical issues!
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