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<title>China calls for de-Americanized world</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The official news agency of China, Xinhua news agency, called the US a civilian slayer, prisoner torturer and meddler in others' affairs in a recent editorial. For the Chinese news agency while US politicians are unable to “bring normality to the body politic they brag about, it is perhaps a good time for the befuddled world to start considering building a de-Americanised world”.<br>Rael commented<br><em class="bbcode italic bbcode-i">“I totally support this de-Americanization. China should lead a movement of the ex-victims of Euro-American colonialism and imperialism. It should create an alliance with all past victims. An alliance regrouping China, India, and Russia with all Arabic, African and Latin American countries would be impossible to attack by the Euro-American imperialists masquerading behind NATO (as they usually do when any country dares to question their domination). It's time for the descendants of the colonialist, enslaver criminals to really pay for their past crimes.</em><br> <br>This alliance of ex-colonies should be both military and economic, and it should refuse to recognize the authority of the International Court of "Justice," which is another puppet of the West. The new organization would replace the puppet United Nations, and its first action should be to declare all past colonizations crimes against humanity. It should then ask the guilty nations to pay huge damages to the ex-colonies, damages totaling at least the equivalent of the amount that which was pillaged from them, plus interest for the centuries that the stolen wealth was used. <br><br>Very few countries are guilty of the crime of colonialism. There are only 6: France, England, Spain, Belgium, Portugal and Holland. These countries should be forced to immediately return all the stolen cultural artifacts and works of art that they show in their museums as symbols of past pillaging and domination.<br> <br>In addition, the hundreds of tons of gold and silver pillaged by Spain in South America should be given back or paid for in full, plus an additional amount as damages, to all descendants of Incas and other native South American victims of the Spanish genocide.<br> <br>Only when all these things are done can the world claim to be fair and treating all nations and races equally. It can then be united in a new international organization that would replace the United Nations. In that new organization, the vote of each member should be proportional to the number of its citizens. This would end the present farce, in which the vote of one tiny country, such as Lichtenstein with less than 35,000 citizens, has the same power as China with its 1.4 billion people.<br> <br>And finally, this new and truly representative organization should use a non-Christian calendar. That would end another farce. Christians make up only two billion of the world population of more than 7 billion people, and although the United Nations supposedly represents all of humanity, it is using the calendar of this Christian minority. This is another example of the imperialist, colonialist tradition that considers the Christian portion of the world superior to others.”<br>Interestingly Caricom, a group of 12 former British colonies together with the former French colony Haiti and the Dutch-held Suriname, believes the European governments should pay – and the UK in particular, in reparations for slavery. <br>In a speech at United Nations General Assembly last month, Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, member of the Caricom, said European nations must pay for the slave trade. The organization has hired the British law firm Leigh Day, which recently won compensation for hundreds of Kenyans tortured by the British colonial government during the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s.</p><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2013 23:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Bolivia should suspend diplomatic relations with US</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Rael offered his full support to Bolivia President Evo Morales whose official plane was banned from European airspace last week. He was also pleased to see four other South American leaders offering him support shortly after the incident. <br><br>The Bolivian official plane was forced to land in Austria after France, Portugal, Italy and Spain barred it from flying through their airspace. Some news media reported that there were suspicions that US fugitive Edward Snowden was on board which prompted a search of the plane in Austria.<br><br>The Bolivian President blamed the US government for pressuring European countries into refusing him passage and threatened to close the US embassy.<br><br>Rael not only encouraged Evo Morales to close the US embassy but he also suggested that “<strong class="bbcode bold bbcode-b">all South American countries and other free countries suspend their diplomatic relations with all the countries which didn't let Bolivia head of state fly over their territory</strong>”. He said that this should apply also to “Austria who dared request to search the airplane in a flagrant violation of International law.”</p><br /><p>“The re-routing of President Morales plane reflects the recurrent colonial attitude of the European countries involved and is an insult to the people of Bolivia and to the people of South America.” added Rael. “Instead of treating Morales as a second-rate President whose plane could be searched, they should get inspiration from the presidency he represents, defending the right of his people against the biggest bully that is the US, standing up against discrimination and offering asylum to true heroes like Snowden.” <br>Rael has offered his support to President Morales on many occasions as well as to Ecuador President Correa for his decision to grant asylum to Julian Assange, and for the way they both champion truth and justice nationally and internationally. Rael applauds all political leaders who stand up to the bullying and economic pressure that the United States and all the United Nations puppet powers can wield. To expose the dirty secrets of these arrogant superpowers and their puppets is exactly what is needed to tip the scales of power in the world. And it’s high time for that to happen! <br><br>“The world needs thousands more hero like Snowden to have a peaceful and free future in which the people can be protected from the cancer of almighty Orwellian governments.” said Rael. “Such governments invade everybody's privacy in the name of a false 'security,' and they try to control everybody like robots”.</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael supports Argentinian decision to lower voting age to 16</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>After Argentinian lawmakers decided to lower Argentina's voting age to 16, Rael sent his congratulations to the Argentinian government, calling the new law "a great decision that should be applied worldwide."<br><br>Rael went on to suggest that the voting age be lowered even further, down to 14.<br><br>“Young people are much more concerned by political decisions that affect our future environment than old people, who don't really care when they have just a few years left to live," he said. Rael also proposed additional voting reforms.<br><br>"The right to vote should be removed from people whose sickness renders them unable to make decisions," he said, adding that those who should lose the right to vote should include those who are mentally retarded and older people with Alzheimer's disease or other degenerative diseases that render them unable to decide even the simple things in their lives.<br><br>"It's shocking to see their families or even their nurses voting for these people,” Rael said.<br><br>He also questioned age-related wisdom.<br><br>“A long time ago, when selfishness, nationalism, competition and greed were not ruling the world, elder councils were making good decisions," Rael explained. "This type of group doesn't exist anymore. The elder councils of the past should be replaced with 'youngster councils' made up of young people who are not yet polluted by egoism, selfishness, nationalism and competition, and who have a much better vision of what should be the future world.”</p><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 05:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Genetically modified athletes: why not?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The controversy over Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen’s astonishing gold medal performance during the Olympics has unleashed a new line of concern for the public... the genetic enhancement of athletes.<br>John Leonard, the American director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, described the 16-year-old’s world-record-breaking performance as ‘suspicious’. He was reported to say that the authorities who tested Ye Shiwen for drug abuse should also check to see ‘if there is something unusual going on in terms of genetic manipulation'. Some media went on to say that maybe, a new 'race' of genetically manipulated super-competitors with enhanced lung-power, or heightened strength may already be competing at the highest level.<br>Maitreya Rael commented on the topic stating that “if doping can be considered dangerous for health, genetic modifications are not . So there is no reason to forbid it.”<br>He added that this is not only true for sport but also to create more intelligent human beings. “We are ourselves the fruit of Elohim genetic engineering”. <br>Given the ways in which people now sculpt their bodies for cosmetic reasons, it is indeed ridiculous to ban somebody from attempting a similar sculpting through genetic modification. Gene transfer will probably allow such sculpting to take place in a less barbaric and safer form.<br><br>Laboratory experiments have already shown that the science can work. In 2005, Ronald Evans, a hormone expert working at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, produced a group of genetically modified mice which could run for an hour longer than normal mice, were resistant to weight gain no matter what they were fed on, and remained at peak fitness even when they took no exercise. <br>Most gene modification techniques involve placing genetically modified DNA inside a virus and injecting it into the body. The virus then enters the cells, and its modified DNA attaches itself to the DNA inside those cells. <br>Rather than spending time and money to develop tests to detect this kind of manipulation, in order to punish those who are possibly doing it, shouldn't the experts spent time to develop the technique so that it is available to anyone who wants it. People are desperate to change their look, performances and overall capacity. Why not give them the opportunity to do it in a safe way instead of having them do it through painful surgery and dangerous drug use? If genetic modification is available for all, not only for disease treatment but for performance enhancement, there won't be any cheating to fear, just an added diversity of healthy human beings to admire and benefit from.</p><br />]]></description>
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<dc:creator>brigitte</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Paradism, the end of capitalism thanks to robotics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>China's robotics industry still lags that in other countries. In Japan, for example, there are 306 robots working per 10,000 people while in China there are currently only 15. However as wages are rising in China, squeezing the profits of many manufacturers, we can see a boom in the robotics industry. According to the International Federation of Robotics, China is the fastest growing market in robotics, and by 2014 it will top the global market.<br><br>Rael commented: “Soon no workers at all will be required in totally automatized corporations. There will even be computers selling their products over the internet. Then we will reach a level where huge capitalists can create companies making and selling products without any human workforce. The only problem is that if thanks to this great technology there is no more job, then there is no more salaries, then nobody will have the money to buy any product. The only way out is Paradism, where these new technologies are used without any workforce or any money, then the products are distributed freely to all Human beings. It is the end of capitalism.</p><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael in support of Brics Union</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The fourth annual gathering of the world's fastest-growing economic powers – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – also called the BRICS, was held in New Delhi at the end of March during which the representatives of these countries proposed the creation of a joint development bank and discussed a greater stock market co-operation. The World bank director shortly after acknowledged the new Bank. <br>According to officials, this new bank will allow the countries to pool resources for infrastructure improvements. An equity index derivative, shared by the stock exchanges of the five Brics nations, is expected to be launched also to facilitate cross-border stock-market investment. <br><br>Maitreya Rael commented on this new cooperation step saying that “this union is the only way to oppose and destroy Western imperialism.”</p>
<p><br>He added:<br>“Their next move will be to create a new world currency, a move which will accelerate the destruction of the US dollar, just like Saddam Hussein and Muhamar Kaddhafi tried to create one, which triggered immediately the US led invasion and destruction that we know were led under false pretexts of non-existent weapons of mass destruction or so-called “humanitarian protection”. But with now Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa united, they will not dare to do the same. Cowardly attacking weak small countries was a piece of cake but now that countries with nuclear powers like India and China are part of this union, they can't do anything except risking a nuclear world war which would see at least millions of immediate victims inside US cities, and which may be fatal for the whole of Humanity.”<br><br>Together the BRICS states account for 43 per cent of the world's population and 40 per cent of global GDP.<br><br>Rael concluded: “The US should also realize that with its 313 million inhabitants, it is dwarfed by this new union which represents a staggering 3 billion population, 10 times more and almost a half of Humanity. It's time for the Western world to start behaving with humility and not anymore with a colonialist and imperialist mind. If not, in a spectacular and rightful return of situation, they may well end up being colonized by their very ex-colonies...”</p><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>UK Government Conspiracy to Cover Up Pedophilia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><strong class="bbcode bold bbcode-b">UK Cabinet Admits To Have Blocked Lawsuit Against Pope</strong><br>The International Raelian Movement (www.rael.org) says they have a letter from the UK Cabinet which proves that the UK Cabinet is complicit in crimes of pedophilia as well as Crimes Against Humanity. All this stems from a lawsuit the Movement filed against the Pope during his visit to the UK in September 2010, alleging covering up pedophilia within the church as well as Crimes Against Humanity for the Vatican's telling millions of Africans that condoms do not stop the transmission of AIDS. They deduce the Vatican is responsible for millions of deaths in Africa as a result.<br><br>Ricky Roehr, Raelian Bishop who helped put together the initial lawsuit against the Pope said "We filed this lawsuit in 2010 trusting the UK Courts would treat this case fairly. We were encouraged when the lawsuit was accepted. Then, mysteriously, the case was stayed, preventing service on the Pope while he was in the UK. The lawsuit was then eventually dismissed, even though it had initially been reviewed by a judge."<br>The Raelian Movement is known for its sharp criticism against Vatican Policy and was even sued by the Vatican in Belgium for the actions of an offshoot organization NOPEDO (www.nopedo.org) which publically reported on pedophilia within the Church.<br><br>Roehr continued "The UK cabinet has now partnered with the world's largest protector of pedophiles and promoter of spreading AIDS merely for political expediency. Children and AIDS victims suffer so the UK Cabinet could bask in the Papal pageantry. Through Freedom Of Information requests with the UK, we learned that the UK Cabinet had formulated a policy to prevent “legal threats” against the Pope during his visit to the UK. When asked why, the UK Cabinet denied the request on the basis that it 'involved the highest levels of the UK government including privileged discussions among government Ministers.' Privileged discussions? What privilege could protect pedophiles? This means that the UK government is protecting the Pope - who was formerly in charge of dealing with the rampant cases of pedophilia under Pope John Paul II reign - and who was most certainly in the 'privileged' position to have buried thousands of cases of pedophilia so as to avoid $billions and embarrassment to the Catholic Church. Protecting a criminal over the rights of children and is detestable. The UK Government is complicit in criminal activity just as anyone who conspires to keep justice from being carried out. Furthermore, the English press, which we now know was rotten to the core after the revelations of the Murdoch-News of the World scandal, apparently cooperated in this travesty."<br><br>The Raelian Movement says it will continue to appeal.</p><br />]]></description>
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<dc:creator>brigitte</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael calls for ‘planetized‘ arms industry under world government control</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), more than $400 billion has been spent in weapons and military services worldwide in 2010. This represents a 60 percent increase since 2002.<br><br>“This is the proof that the weapons industries and their banking allies are responsible for the world’s problems,” said Rael. “This is capitalism at its worse. All military industries and their profits should first be ‘planetized,’ which means owned and controlled by a World Government for Humanity. And after that, these industries should be converted to production of a strictly peaceful nature as soon as possible.”<br><br>According to the Raelian philosophy, humanity can still avert ever-worsening conditions and eventual self-destruction, but is running out of time.<br><br>“It’s shocking that more and more people live in poverty while shareholders in military industries are becoming richer and richer,” Rael commented. “Imagine all the improvements that could have been made in the world and how many starving children could have been saved if the trillions wasted on military equipment had been spent for science and education!”</p><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael in support of teen adventurer Laura Dekker</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>After 518 days and 27,000 nautical miles, 16 year old Laura Dekker has shown the Dutch authorities that she could sail around the globe by herself.<br><br>Laura Dekker appears to be the youngest girl to officially sail alone for that long. She was 14 when she began her voyage in Gibraltar. She would have started at the age of 13 if the Dutch authorities hadn't fought her decision. In 2009, she was put under state care for two months as her parents refused to prevent her from undertaking the voyage.<br><br>Rael commented on the “stupid politicians and bureaucrats who tried to stop people realizing their dream.”:<br><br>“Nothing and nobody can stop you when you really want to do it! The same totally retarded politicians and bureaucrats fight against the people who are escaping the boring, violent and poisoned world they created, by using drugs. But when some great teenagers give to the young generation a wonderful example of dreams, courage and adventure, they try to stop them! They should instead encourage them.”<br><br>He also said that he hopes a Hollywood producer will realize a movie about her adventure and that it will make the politicians who tried to stop her, look as they really are: retarded, stupid, and full of hatred for youth. “They should publicly apologize to her, create a Foundation supporting young adventurers and name her the official leader!”</p><br />]]></description>
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<dc:creator>brigitte</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Bradley Manning Honorary Guide For His Courage To Leak Documents</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Rael has bestowed the title of Honorary Guide for Humanity onto Bradley Manning. Manning is the 24 year old soldier arrested in 2010 in Iraq for his leaking of sensitive government documents to Wikileaks and thus, among other charges, aiding the enemy. Manning is currently facing Court Martial and possible death.<br>Rael awarded Bradley Manning the title of Honorary Guide of Humanity "...for his courage to reveal to Humanity the dirty secrets of governments" and he also hopes that "... Manning's example will push all military personnel of the world to do the same so that no government or military leader can illegally kill, torture or do anything which is against Human Rights."<br>In 2010 Rael had also named Julian Assange, Honorary Guide for Humanity, for his efforts of publishing these and many other classified documents. <br>The title of Honorary Guide of Humanity is bestowed only upon those people whom, without concern for their own well being, do all they can to help humanity. The Raelians fully stand by Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and anyone who exposes lying governments - and we know they all lie. <br>Bradley Manning may pay the highest price for his loyalty to Humanity. We deeply hope the government will not kill him." <br>The Raelian philosophy is clearly against all violence and states that all militaries should be banned as militaries are currently in place only for the duplicitous ends of politicians, whom are themselves only controlled by whomever has the most money. It also encourages people to refuse to obey any orders, no matter from whom, which would inflict pain or death onto another person.<br>Soldiers usually join their nation's military because they believe they are serving a higher cause. They believe that their country is good and just. What Manning did transcends to a much higher cause, Humanity. Every year, we read belated leaked documents which tell about yesterday's truth - where the US government experimented on innocent people, giving them syphilis, LSD or other terrible things. Manning's info are news about what our actual government is doing today. It has to be known in the hope to have it corrected and we are grateful to Honorary Guide Manning for his courage to reveal the truth.</p><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael explains: “Why I support ‘Occupy Wall Street’ and a World Revolution</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rael commented on Niall Ferguson’s recent book, “Civilization: The West and the Rest,” calling it “perfectly accurate” and praising the quality of the author’s analysis.<br /> <br />In a recent interview, Ferguson, Harvard’s Tisch Professor of History, described the extraordinary reversal of economic fortune between “the West and the Rest,” and explained that Western predominance is ending on our watch. As an example, he cited Europe’s attempt last week to obtain a bailout from China. In that attempt, the head of the European Financial Stability Fund flew to Beijing seeking Chinese investors willing to prop up European finances.<br /> <br />After hearing of this, Rael said, “It’s time for all the ex-colonized countries around the world to take revenge on the West. After all, it’s pure justice that the Asian peoples who represent almost half of humanity would dominate the world instead of the United States, which represents only 5 percent of the world’s population, or instead of the ex-colonizing countries – the United Kingdom, France, Holland, Spain and Portugal – which together represent even less than the United States.”<br /> <br />He added, “The only superiority of these ex-colonizers was to use brutal and barbaric force and use scientific provisional advances to enslave and pillage the whole world. And they are still doing it in Africa!”<br /> <br />Rael said that while he welcomes the fall of the West, he is concerned about the possibility of a third world war.<br /> <br />“Let’s hope that the Western powers being humiliated economically by their ex-victims will not use their only remaining advantage, i.e., their military superiority – especially their nuclear superiority – to try to reverse the situation by creating a third world war, which is the only solution to save the dollar and the euro. Thankfully, but sadly, China, India and Russia are also nuclear powers, and they are quickly modernizing their defenses. Any attempt by the West to invade them, as some warmongers in the U.S. military would like to see, will be not only a world catastrophe, but also a terrible defeat for the West, which will never recover and be relegated to a Third World level of development. Six hundred million financially broken Westerners are no match for 3 billion rich Asians.”<br /> <br />In his final remarks, Rael said he still hopes that peace will prevail, and that as just punishment for its past crimes, the West will humbly accept its status as the new underdeveloped world. He added that he hopes that the West will decide to promote a world government rather than make war, and that as a prelude to paradism (see <a class="e-url" href="http://www.paradism.org)" rel="external">www.paradism.org)</a> such a government would consist of a federation of totally independent, human-sized provinces.<br /> <br />“The only obstacle to this Paradism is the greed of the super rich and the banks, who want to keep the superior power their stolen wealth gives them while they enslave the vast majority,” Rael concluded. “That's why I totally support the OWS movement and a new, total world revolution.”<br /><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael in support of Supermodel who Defends Gadhafi Family</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Rael has sent his support to the American model, Vanessa Hessler, who has just lost her contract with Telefonica Germany after she defended boyfriend Mutassim Gadhafi and the Gadhafi family in an interview with Italian media. <br><br>Vanessa Hessler, who has appeared in ads for Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani and L'Oreal explained during the interview that she had shared a love story of four years with Mutassim Gadhafi, the 36-year-old son of Moammar Gadhafi. She depicted the Gaddafi family as normal people and described the West backing of the rebels as a mistake, adding that she is disgusted by what is happening in Libya.”<br>According to some sources, talks between Telefónica and Hessler's agency did not yield a solution because Hessler stood by her comments. <br><br>One can only admire the courageous attitude of Vanessa Hessler while it is politically correct in Europe and most Western countries to condemn Gaddafi. There are millions saying that Gaddafi was a nice man who cared for his country and his continent but these comments do not fit the political agenda of the Western leaders, so they are making sure that their sources are discredited. <br><br>There is a French say: “ To get rid of your dog, just say that it has rabies”. <br><br>But the people are less and less gullible. They have access to other sources of info than the official ones and they slowly understand that they are fooled by the big media and corporations. <br><br>Vanessa Hessler has received lots of support from her fans and from freedom of speech lovers. We are glad to add our support here and to wish Vanessa a successful career and a beautiful free life.</p><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>7 billion people on earth: Cause for a Real Scare!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><a class="bbcode bbcode-link" href="http://www.facebook.com/paradism"><strong class="bbcode bold bbcode-b">Join Paradism on Facebook</strong></a><br><br>According to the United Nations Population Division, October 31 was the day the world’s population was expected to reach seven billion.<br><br>Many around the world went to parties, surrounded by the most fashionable “scary” decorations and outfits. Well, there’s no need to get dressed up today to be scared; a simple look at the news should give any conscious human being a big chill. We have reached the 7 billion people mark, and even if some say it isn’t a precise count, it is nevertheless close enough to take it seriously.<br><br>Every year, the world’s population increases by 75 million. This is like adding the population of a country like Germany or France every year. Even without being a mathematical or economic genius, it is easy to understand that we cannot keep going that way. In 2001, when we reached the 6 billion mark, 1 billion people were already starving. In 2009, 1.2 billion people were estimated to be starving. How can we possibly keep having babies at the same rate when we haven’t been able to take care of those already living?<br><br>Yet a CNN survey done in the streets of New York yesterday showed that none of the people interviewed had any concern about this situation. Young mothers admitted they had their babies without thinking on how they impacted the planet, and most people were cheering the announcement that we have reached the 7 billion mark. But that is nothing to cheer for, and nothing to be proud of.<br><br>When U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon was asked if he will finally propose worldwide birth control, which would be an intelligent way to reduce the problem, he refused to answer. He said his concern was to make sure that all the people were taken care of. So much for the planning of our future!<br><br>Overpopulation is the real cause of all violence and suffering on Earth.</p><br /><p>What made the people of America attack Iraq and so many other countries? Answer: their need for resources. After all, the American government has more than 300 million citizens expecting electricity, transportation and the comfort they are accustomed to. If they lose access to energy sources, they will lose their power. So instead of clearly explaining to the American people that they might need to change their habits to permit people in the Middle East and Africa to live better, they close their eyes to the suffering they caused. They are blind to evidence that they are invading a country to satisfy their greedy needs, hiding the facts under heroic pretense. This is nothing to be proud of.<br><br>Why are the Japanese people suffering from radiation exposure today? As Rael explained in a recent address, the Japanese government had to deal with 127 million people who expect electricity and comfort every day. So the government had no choice. To keep its citizens happy, it multiplied the number of nuclear plants, even in tsunami-exposed areas like Fukushima. This is another example of shortsighted planning by people who wanted to please their electorate, leaving those who would next be in charge to clean up the mess. But we don’t have the technology to clean up this specific radiation mess, so millions in the Tokyo area will soon develop cancer. Where is the planning?<br><br>Is there anyone who really cares for the whole of humanity? Anyone who is able to stand up for global planning that would save these 7 billion from self destruction? Anyone who is ready to fight for the truth and defend an unselfish agenda? Anyone who is able to go above his or her own selfish needs, their family’s needs, or their nation’s needs?<br><br>We need a world revolution, but not a revolution like the one started by OWS (Occupy Wall Street). Those participating in OWS are right, but they are shortsighted again. They are correct that those responsible for the global mess are associated with Wall Street, that a few wealthy individuals are managing the planet as though they own it, and that all other people are their slaves. They are not even “the 1 percent” of the population that many like to refer to now. No, they are a mere few hundred out of 7 billion! They are more like 0.00000001 percent. How is that conceivable? How can we let a few hundred people decide our future when their decisions are motivated by greed? Is the population that dumb and blind? OWS is right to denounce the greedy so that we can all have a share of the planet’s wealth and not allow anyone to starve anymore. But to really change the planet, we need a plan. OWS has no plan.<br><br>What do we want for the 7 billion people on Earth? Thousands of years ago, those who created us made a paradise (see <a class="e-url" href="http://www.rael.org)">www.rael.org)</a>. We need to repossess and recreate this paradise. We need Paradism.<br><br>When Rael officially launched this societal concept of Paradism in 2009, he explained it as a form of communism without a proletariat and without banks or money. Under paradism, everyone would share the benefits of science, technology and prosperity while still respecting the planet (see <a class="e-url" href="http://www.paradism.org)">www.paradism.org)</a>.<br><br>Rael has long predicted the fall of capitalism, an economic system driven by growth, in which competitiveness is praised and the accumulation of goods is encouraged.<br><br>In opposition, Rael explains that cooperation is the future of humanity, with everyone working for the good of everyone else. He states that in a paradist society, money would no longer exist, since money is the fruit of power and competition.<br><br>“We don’t need money if everyone works for the good of everybody else and everyone helps each other,” Rael explained in his statement.<br><br>Raelians say paradism is also an answer to those who predict that the fall of capitalism will bring generalized poverty and regimentation.<br><br>“There is no reason to fall into poverty, considering the level of technology we have now,” Rael said. “If the right resources were spent on dedicating our current technology to the well being of all rather than on financing wars, we would have enough robots to do our work and enough food generated for all.”<br><br>If you think this is a utopia, you are right, since a utopia is “an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system.” It might take a while to reach this ideal, but we need to start now. By using all geniuses on the planet, those who would never be elected since they lack egos to run for election, we can design a plan to change the planet for good. It would be a plan that would never use force, a plan that would be implemented with absolute nonviolence. Gandhi changed India without violence. He simply used his determination, his love for human beings and a clear nonviolent guideline. We can do the same at the planetary level.<br><br>If you want to be part of a real worldwide movement that will design an intelligent plan for planet Earth, join us on Facebook. Whatever your race, religion, or location, if you are looking for a truly unselfish group that has only one agenda – cleaning up the mess made by the greedy – please join us and bring your color and energy.<br><br>Our goal is to have Paradism parties created in every country as soon as possible so we can be heard and hopefully be in charge of recreating our paradise.</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>RAEL supports Kadhafi in face of international aggression against Libya</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>In a recent speech about world events, Rael, founder and spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement, declared his support for Muammar Kadhafi, guide of the Libyan revolution. Rael said Kadhafi is a victim of international aggression and supported Kadhafi’s proposal to replace the dollar with a gold-dinar that would become the new African currency. <br><br>After calling the currency proposal “a marvelous idea,” Rael said the true reason for the current attack on Libya is “an open secret.”<br><br>“The international aggression against Libya has been covered up under the pretext of protecting the civilian population,” he said. “The only real reason is to hoard the oil and combat Kadhafi's idea of creating a currency based on gold, which could be used instead of the dollar for oil transactions.’’<br><br>Indeed, according to recent news reports, Kadhafi has recently rejected both the dollar and euro for oil transactions. He has also called upon the African continent to unite in the use of the gold-dinar, which could become the sole currency in Africa. This idea was approved by many Arab countries and most African countries, with two exceptions: the Republic of South Africa and the chief of the Arab League. But the proposed currency measure met with serious disapproval from the United States and the European Union, and especially from President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, who calls Libya a threat to the financial security of humanity. <br> <br>“We, the Raelians of Kama (the native term for Africa) congratulate Kadhafi's action, which is an answer to Rael’s ongoing appeal for creation of a single African currency,” declared the Raelian Guide Tai Ehouan, leader of the Raelian Movement in Africa. “Rael launched that appeal to African countries nearly two decades ago.’’</p><br /><p>Ehouan added that in an October 2009 interview, Rael discussed the last 50 years of Kama’s independence, warning African nations of future aggression from former colonizers currently suffering from economic and financial crises. He said the former colonial powers would not hesitate to return and colonize them again, and that they would use all possible false pretexts to justify their military interventions. <br>“Unfortunately, that is what we are now witnessing in Libya!” Guide Ehouan explained. “It has become more than urgent for the African leaders to wake up and listen to Rael.”</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael: ‘Overpopulation is the true cause of Fukushima!’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>In a recent speech given in Japan, Rael, spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement (IRM) commented on the Fukushima problem, saying that the Japanese government indeed made a mistake by building a plant so close to the ocean with such vulnerability to tsunamis, but he also said the Japanese government didn’t have much choice since it has 120 million citizens expecting power.<br><br>"The problem facing humanity is that we need too much electricity because we have too many people on Earth; it is overpopulated,” Rael explained.<br><br>The concept of having too many humans on Earth is not new to Raelians. The threat linked to overpopulation was clearly described in the Message given to Rael in 1973, when he met the scientists who created life on Earth,”according to the Raelian scriptures. <br><br>“With our present technology, Earth shouldn’t have more than 3 billion people. But we now have more than twice that number,” Rael said in his recent speech. “Right now, almost all of the world’s governments are criminals, not because they create nuclear plants, but because they keep pushing people to have more children – and those additional want to have more electricity and hence more facilities like Fukushima. The Fukushima crisis is a result of overpopulation!”<br><br>According to Rael, if there were only 60 million people in Japan, there would be no need for risky plants like Fukushima.<br><br>“The Japanese government is urging Japanese families to have more children,” Rael said. “That’s the real crime, not building Fukushima. The only responsible policy would be to say to every human being, as the Message of the Elohim conveyed in 1973, ‘Have less children!’ But we are having more children instead! If humanity survives – and we are not sure it will survive – maybe millions of people will die because of this mistake. And if we do survive, future humanity on Earth will judge us, those living now, and say, ‘How stupid they were!’”</p><br /><p>Rael said the United Nations should not be attacking Libya or Syria, or checking for nuclear bombs in North Korea. The emphasis should be on population control, he said.<br><br>“The United Nations should force every country on Earth to impose limits of one child per family or per person, everywhere in the world,” he said. “Remember, when you make babies, you are committing a crime against humanity. We have arrived at this kind of funny state of affairs where giving life is giving death. For every time you give birth to a baby, you cause more death in the future because additional babies will need power.<br><br>The wise decision is to limit the population. Of course people want to love a child; it’s a beautiful thing. But if we transfer that love to loving other people, instead of loving my children, my baby, which is very selfish, we will be loving humanity.<br><br>If we start to consider humanity as our child, we don’t need this narcissistic experience of having a baby with the same face that we have.”<br><br>Rael reminded us also that if we don't fix this overpopulation problem, we will disappear. “The earth will not disappear, there is no need to save the Earth as the Earth doesn't need us, but Humanity needs the Earth to survive and that's why we must limit our number.”<br><br>He also added that it is time to learn some humility as no one at this time can fix the problems faced by Humanity: “If humanity starts to say, ‘We’ve been stupid, so let’s be a little bit more humble,’ let’s first stop having so many babies and start using the Earth’s resources in a responsible way. Let’s stop making a few people rich while everybody else is starving to death and stop making wars. There are so many things to change. But to make those changes we need to learn humility.”<br><br>In his conclusion, Rael referred back to the Messages he received in 1973 that not only predicted the problems of the times we are living now, but also gave the solutions.<br><br>"The best act of humility is to recognize the Elohim as our creators and stop thinking we are the leaders of the universe," he said. "We need to accept that some intelligences are higher than ours and welcome them with humility, love and thankfulness. Then they will help us. There is only one way out, and that is to welcome the Elohim and ask them to clean up our mess. Right now, we have thousands of scientists trying to clean Fukushima and they cannot, and it will take at least another 25 years to clean up Chernobyl. They don't know how to do it; they have no clue. The only way to solve the problem is to build the embassy and to welcome the Elohim. If we do that, they will fix it in a few seconds!"</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael: ‘The billions wasted in Libya would be more useful in Japan!’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>In a statement released today, Rael had harsh words for those making war in Libya.<br><br>“Shouldn’t a Nobel Peace Prize recipient like Obama have the honesty to return his prize after leading this attack on Libya and killing the civilians he claimed to protect?” he asked, adding that leaders of the world’s major powers “are once again proving that they’re afflicted with profound mental confusion.”<br><br>“While 300,000 homeless people desperately wait for relief in Japan and a nuclear power plant pollutes the entire planet with radiation that will cause millions of deaths, they’re using their technical means and their billions to bomb Libya,” he said. “If all the ships and funds turned into smoke by this illegal aggression against an independent state were to be used in Japan, it would, for the first time, point out some usefulness of the military forces and show real solidarity with the civilians who suffer.” <br><br>Rael said Western leaders aren’t being honest about why they are at war in Libya. <br><br>“The pretext of protecting civilian populations is totally fallacious,” he said. “Even if a brutal regime commits the crime of killing a few hundred revolutionaries, that doesn’t compare with the hundreds of thousands of civilians who need help in Japan. And that help wouldn’t threaten anyone’s sovereignty.”<br><br>Rael went on to explain why Libya was singled out for aggression by the West when it fails to help the suffering civilians of other countries. <br><br>“It’s clear that if China were to go through a new Tiananmen, with a few hundred or even a few thousand students killed, no one would lift a finger,” he said. “They intervene in Libya only because they’re sure of their overwhelming superiority there. So immense is their cowardice that they attack only the weak, under the pretext of protecting democracy.<br><br>Rael said the pretext of protecting civilians with a no-fly zone is even more fallacious and hypocritical. <br><br>“Why isn’t there a no-fly zone over the Gaza Strip?” he asked. “There are civilian populations to protect there as well. Are they less important than the Libyan people? Or is it because Israel is untouchable even when it massacres civilians?”<br><br>Rael then issued a plea to those participating in the war.<br><br>“I ask all Western countries to evacuate all Western armed forces deployed in and around Libya and that they send them to help Japan re-house the homeless and solve the problems at the nuclear power plant. It’s the only way they could prove they’re really concerned about the fate of the world’s civilian populations and not about oil.”</p><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>No governments needed, humanity’s future is cooperation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>“This planet is sick, with countries treating each other badly and governments treating people badly, and it’s that way everywhere,” Rael said in a speech on Sunday February 20th. <br>“That’s why so many countries are revolting: first Tunisia and Egypt, and now Bahrain and Yemen. Revolt is happening everywhere. People are fed up with their governments, so they’re making revolutions.”<br><br>But they aren’t going far enough, the spiritual leader said. <br><br>“These are just little revolutions because they’re just exchanging their present governments for new ones,” he explained. “Those new ones will be the same because power is always bad. What we need is a free society. That’s the future of humanity.”<br><br>Rael said that according to the Messages given to him by the Elohim, the advanced civilization that created us, a system called geniocracy is used to guide the Elohim planet. But he said his efforts to share this important knowledge have met with skepticism, if not outright disapproval.<br><br>“When they hear about it, people usually think geniocracy is a political system in which geniuses have power over other people,” he said. But this interpretation is totally stupid; there is no power on Elohim planet. Nobody has power there. The Elohim have elected geniuses to be their leaders, and these geniuses guide everybody.”<br><br>Their guidance is special and for the good of all, Rael said. <br><br>“They guide like all good guides do – like Buddhas or spiritual guides,” he explained. “For example, I have no power over you. I don’t want power; no Buddha wants to have power. I’m just guiding you, showing you the way. And that’s how it is on the Elohim planet too. The geniocracy system is organized in such a way that the leaders show the way. They tell people, ‘This is what we should do, if you all agree we should do this.’” <br><br>He then gave an example.<br><br>“On Earth right now, there is much pollution and a big problem with oil. Yet there are many ways to make cars run on electricity or even on water. A new car was made in Japan last month that runs on water. In such a case, a geniocratic government would say to the people, ‘This is a good idea, so let’s make electric cars or water-powered cars for everybody!’”<br><br>This is not exercising power, Rael said.</p><br /><p>“It’s just giving ideas, and then everybody accepts,” he said. “This is the future, a world governed by the people. There will be no need for governments, so there will be no governments at all. People call this anarchy, thinking that if there is no government and no power, there would be complete chaos, with everything upside down. It’s not true!” <br><br>To illustrate why such thinking is false, Rael referred to the social structure of ants. <br><br>“Everybody says an ant population has one queen,” he said. “But we shouldn’t call that ant a queen. A queen is someone like the queen of England, who says, ‘Do this, do that.’ The ant queen just makes hundreds of eggs every day, and that’s all. She is just a vagina making hundreds of babies every day. She is not a queen because she has no power.” <br><br>He added that although ant colonies have no governments, everything works perfectly.<br><br>“In the social organization of ants, every ant works for the good of all,” he said. “Each ant does what is best for everybody. In the ant society, there are no police or military.<br>People say, ‘What if somebody is bad?’ Nobody is bad. When there is no power, when there are no police and no laws, natural law comes into play and everybody wants to be good for everybody else. Nobody can say this doesn’t work. Look at the ants. It works!” <br><br>Rael said colonies of ants, honey bees and wasps have no real king or queen and no laws. Each individual works for the good of all, and this happens without any government. <br><br>“And who is more intelligent than ants and honey bees?” he asked. “We are! We are much more intelligent. So why do we need governments and powers and police?”<br><br>According to Rael, we actually don’t need these things, but those who have it want to keep them. <br><br>“Some people have power and the money and want more,” he explained. “They want everybody else to be slaves: to work, pay taxes, obey, and have no freedom. That’s what they want. But for themselves they want freedom, money and power. They want everything they want through corruption. And this is true everywhere. So the real revolution to come is a revolution that is not changing the government but destroying any form of government.” <br><br>In the future, humanity won’t need any government at all, Rael emphasized. <br><br>“Geniocracy, yes,” he said. “It’s good to have a group of geniuses, intelligent people thinking together about what kind of future humanity can have and presenting ideas that people can accept or not accept. But no power, because power destroys freedom, creates violence, creates poverty, creates hunger.”<br><br>He said that if the whole of humanity is like a big ant hive, then everybody should work for everybody else. <br><br>“If we love each other and do the best for each other, then we don’t need laws,” he explained. Then there is no need for laws. There is no need for a law saying ‘you must not kill anyone.’ <br><br>“Who wants to kill somebody?” he asked, and then answered the question: <br><br>“Only sick people do. They need a hospital; they need to be cured because they are sick. People who want to kill other people are sick; this is a medical fact. In fact, more and more doctors and scientists agree there’s a problem in the brain of people who are violent. And this violence is created by the society.” <br><br>Rael said it is society, the government and the laws that create sick people, who then kill other people.<br><br>“And then the government says, ‘You see, you need us, you need laws,’” he said. <br>“But this is completely wrong. With no more government, no more social pressure, no more police and just the natural law, who would want to kill somebody? Is there anybody here who wants to kill somebody? I don’t know of anyone who wants to kill somebody, except sick people. So we don’t need a law saying, ‘You must not kill.’ If there were no law saying, ‘You must not kill,’ would you kill somebody? No, nobody wants to kill. But they say, ‘You need a law to protect you.’ Remember, there is no law in the ant hive saying, ‘You must not kill.’ Yet they never kill each other. And when one ant brings food back to the hive, every other ant comes to help. Cooperation is the future of humanity, everybody working for the good of everybody, and without the most terrible poisons of humanity: governments, police and laws.”<br><br>Rael said that when humanity has destroyed governments, police and laws, this planet will be a paradise. <br><br>“Paradism will be in place then,” he said. “And under paradism there will no longer be any money, of course. Money is the fruit of power and government. Do you all have money in your pockets? Who is making this money? The governments are making it, and they use it to have power over you. Take one bill, whether it’s a Japanese yen, a dollar, or a Euro. What is it? Is it gold? Is it silver? No, it’s just a piece of paper. With such pieces of paper, you may say, ‘Wow, look, I’m very rich.’ But wait a minute; it’s only paper!<br>“Yes, but ‘one million dollars’ is written on it, you say. But I say, ‘Is that piece of paper worth one million dollars because that’s what is written on it? No. Because who wrote that? The government! So your money is only based on government lies! Put all your money in a box and how much is it worth? It’s worth only the weight of the paper, which is almost nothing! You may still believe in it, but in the future, and very soon, everyone will bring their money to public places and burn it all. We don’t need it if everybody works for the good of everybody else and everyone helps each other. The future of society is to do without money because money is only a poison given to you by the government.” <br><br>In conclusion, Rael explained what it means to be Raelian.<br><br>“Being Raelian means not only to be a Messenger of Infinity, a Messenger of the Elohim, but to be one of the most revolutionary people on earth,” he said. “That’s who you are. Speaking of love like a Buddhist monk saying 'Om' is not love. Love is changing society so that everyone has food and safety, so that no one is starving to death anymore. This is our planet, our world, and to be Raelian is to change it for a beautiful future. That’s why the Elohim need you. They gave us a Message not only to explain where we come from and why we are here, but to explain what a beautiful heaven we can create on this planet if we apply their teachings, which are: Destroy all power; destroy all governments; destroy money; and create one unified planet. That’s why the Elohim need you!”</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael supports Norwegian Minister's decision to ban building of new mosques with Saudi money</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Rael has expressed today his support to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway. Jonas Gahr Store, who has rejected the proposal made by the Saudi government and wealthy private entrepreneurs for the financing and construction of mosques in Norway.<br><br>In compliance with the Norwegian law, foreign countries are granted to provide financial support to religious communities, but given the importance of these sums, the government must approve in advance the financing.<br><br>The Foreign Ministry has not only refused to approve it, but he has also replied to the Islamic Center Tawfiiq (the promoter) saying that "it would be paradoxical and unnatural to accept funds that come from a country that does not accept religious freedom." The Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Store has also added that "we could simply say no, the Ministry does not approve, but we have taken the opportunity to add that the approval would be paradoxical until it is a crime establishing a christian community in Saudi Arabia".<br><br>"Minister Jonas Gahr Store is 100 percent correct", stated Rael. "All non-Islamic countries of the world should do the same thing: ask Islamic countries to authorize the building of churches, grant the right to apostatize from Islam and the right to convert to Christianity or any other religion, and allow Christian missionaries and envoys from other religions to work there. As long as they refuse these rights, no new mosques should be built anywhere else in the world.”<br>Rael also added that this principle should also apply to synagogues. “As long as Israel doesn't authorize other religion's missionaries to work toward converting Jews, no other countries should allow the building of synagogues. We must remember that it is presently forbidden by Israeli law to spread other religions or to try to convert Jews."</p><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Are meat and milk from cloned cattle safe?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Yes, according to the Raelian Movement.<br><br>“Any other answer is a load of cloned bull,” said Dr. Marcus Wenner, who is also a Raelian bishop. “Two years ago a farmer bought two bulls produced from a cloned cow in good faith and now everyone is in uproar,” he said. “People are now clamoring to eradicate any of those bulls’ genes from the food chain. The British public should be ashamed for its outright ignorance!”<br><br>But Wenner said there should be even more shame on the part of the authorities for miseducating the malleable public. <br><br>“Let’s get this straight; cloning simply copies living organisms,” he explained. “That means if the original was good to eat, then the clone and its descendants will also be good to eat. A protein is a protein, and the very fact that the animal is alive should be a clue for the more alert among us that there is no poison in it!”<br><br>In fact, Wenner commented, just as genetically modified organisms (GMOs) represent the only hope of a sustainable food source for everyone over the next century, so will cloned food be essential to equitably feed the world’s exploding population.</p><br /><p>“For example, cloning is the quickest and cheapest way to provide a breeding chicken that can survives jungle conditions, fight local illnesses, scavenge food by itself, grow plump and large quickly, and not run too fast,” he said. “That will allow grandmothers in central Africa to set up a self-sustaining food source. Thanks to cloning, they will be able to bring protein to their malnourished grandchildren. And they will also be able to barter for other essentials and ensure a stable economy in the villages instead of flocking to the cities, where life is even worse.”<br><br>So why the confusion around the GMO issue? <br><br>“One can only suspect there is an ulterior motive behind this disinformation,” Wenner replied. “Is it possible that the religious authorities are trying to keep us in the Middle Ages? I put the blame squarely on the pope for fear-mongering against science and cloning, and I also blame the new trend of tattooed eco-conservatives who not only don't know much about science, but are simply against anything new. They’re masquerading as hip-warriors and pretending even to themselves that their Vatican-bred, moralistic judgment is here to help the planet. Their so-called ‘green’ disguise is actually black with the remains of those burned at the stake in the past for questioning their authority. And it’s also red with the blood of starved children who could have been saved with cloned and GM foods in the future.”<br><br>Wenner said the pope should be the first to encourage people to eat GM products. <br><br>“What if the first Christians had refused to eat the food Jesus multiplied on the mount on the basis that it was immoral, or that mutations might have crept in?” he asked. “What if they had said, ‘No, Jesus, we can’t eat this, it might be poison, and what if it got into the food chain?’ Wake up, Britain, don’t be influenced by the usurper across the channel. Reclaim your right to independent thought!”</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>New studies show that Jews and Palestinians are both descendants of the ancient Jewish people</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><em class="bbcode italic bbcode-i">By Damien Marsic, PhD</em><br><br>It has long been known that Jewish and Middle-Eastern populations were genetically related, thanks to numerous studies of Y chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA. The recent development of DNA microarray technology allowed much finer genetic studies of human populations, by analyzing hundreds of thousands of nucleotides across the human genome. Last year, one such genome-wide study (1) revealed a distinct genetic signature for Ashkenazi Jews and suggested a Near-Eastern origin. Since then, two genome-wide studies, the first to include several Jewish populations, were published just a few days ago by two different teams (2, 3). Both confirmed a common Middle-Eastern ancestry for most worldwide Jewish populations, bringing an end to speculations that modern Jews could be mostly descended from converts with no link to the ancient Hebrews. However, there is another inescapable conclusion from those studies, that the authors did not address: Palestinians are genetically as close or closer to any modern Jewish population than are those Jewish populations to each other. In other words, genetic data is totally consistent with the idea that Palestinians are the direct descendants of ancient Jews who never left their ancestral land and who later converted to Christianity and to Islam (4, 5).<br><br>Behar's study, which is the most detailed, revealed that most Jewish populations (except Ethiopian and Indian Jews who are more closely related to their host populations) form a cluster with modern Middle-Eastern populations. There are actually three Jewish sub-clusters, one including Ashkenazi and Sephardi populations, another including Iraqi, Iranian and Caucasian Jews, and a third comprising Yemeni Jews. Remarkably, the Palestinian sub-cluster is located exactly in the middle of the three Jewish sub-clusters, suggesting that modern Palestinians are possibly even more closely related genetically to the ancient Hebrews than many modern Jews. In addition, any of the three Jewish sub-clusters is closer to the Palestinian sub-cluster than to the other two Jewish sub-clusters. This implies that if one considers Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Iraqi, Iranian, Caucasus and Yemeni Jews to all be part of the same Jewish people, then, from a genetic point of view, the Palestinians are an integral part of it.<br><br>If the latest genetic evidence vindicates Zionist ideas of Jews returning to their ancestral homeland, it also implies that this right of return should apply to all Palestinians, which have to be considered part of the same Jewish/Palestinian people.</p><br /><p>Despite the seemingly hopeless current situation, a simple, sustainable, just and lasting solution to the conflict is therefore within reach. Israel must grant full citizenship to Palestinians, including all refugees. All must be given the right to return to their original homes, or receive proper financial compensation and be free to relocate anywhere in the country. All citizens should have the same rights regardless of their religion, including access to housing, education, health care, jobs and infrastructure. At the same time, Palestinians need to recognize Jews as equally legitimate inhabitants. It would be a win-win situation for all parties in the current conflict: the single state could be considered both a greater Israel and a greater Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital. It could still be a home for worldwide Jews who could still consider it as their spiritual center, as well as for all Palestinians.<br><br>The key to achieve a harmonious coexistence is to implement a total separation of church and state, as is the case in all other advanced countries. Any endorsement of one particular religion by a state is a discrimination against its citizens who happen not to adhere to that particular religion.<br><br>One common argument against the one-state solution is that Israeli Jews can not accept to become a minority. This becomes a non-issue when one realizes that Jews and Palestinians are actually the same people, as confirmed by genetic research. In order for everyone to feel accepted and protected, political power needs to be shielded from religious extremists. To achieve that, all political parties need to commit to human rights before representing any other values. <br><br>This is probably the only chance for Israel to survive, and a fantastic opportunity to correct its mistakes and become a beacon of hope for the rest of mankind.<br><br><br>References:<br><br>1. Need, A.C., Kasperaviciute, D., Cirulli, E.T., and Goldstein, D.B. (2009). A genome-wide genetic signature of Jewish ancestry perfectly separates individuals with and without full Jewish ancestry in a large random sample of European Americans. Genome Biology 10, R7. <br><br>2. Atzmon, G., Hao, L.,Pe'er, I., Velez, C., Pearlman, A., Palamara, P.F., Morrow, B., Friedman, E., Oddoux, C., Burns, E. and Ostrer, H. (2010). Abraham's Children in the Genome Era: Major Jewish Diaspora Populations Comprise Distinct Genetic Clusters with Shared Middle Eastern Ancestry. The American Journal of Human Genetics 86 (6), pp.850-859. <br><br>3. Behar, D.M., Yunusbayev, B., Metspalu, M., Metspalu, E., Rosset, S., Parik, J., Rootsi, S., Chaubey, G., Kutuev, I., Yudkovsky, G., Khusnutdinova, E.K., Balanovsky, O., Semino, O., Pereira, L., Comas, D., Gurwitz, D., Bonne-Tamir, B., Parfitt, T., Hammer, M.F., Skorecki, K. and Villems, R. (2010). The genome-wide structure of the Jewish people. Nature (advanced online publication, Jun 9).<br><br>4. Tsvi Misinai (2008). Brother Shall not Lift Sword against Brother. Liad publishing.<br><br>5. Shlomo Sand (2009). The invention of the Jewish People. Verso.</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael applauds U.N. Security Council condemnation of Israel aggression, calls for additional steps against violence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/rael.jpg' width="" alt="Rael" title="Rael" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />Rael issued a statement today reprimanding Israel for its recent attack on a convoy of ships carrying humanitarian aid destined for Gaza. The attack caused at least 10 civilian deaths and led to a quick condemnation of the Israeli military action by the U.N. Security Council, which called the situation in Gaza “unsustainable.”<br /> <br />Rael said he agreed with the Security Council’s rebuke, but that it didn’t go far enough.<br /> <br />“This was a real act of piracy in international waters,” he emphasized. “Israel could simply have searched the ships once they reached its territorial waters. At that point, it would have been easy to check for any weapons that might be aboard and then let the ships go through peacefully, since these ships were carrying only humanitarian aid. But Israel chose to use violence against non-violent people in international waters, which is by definition an act of piracy.”<br /> <br />Rael said Israel has repeatedly flaunted international accords by taking aggressive, unwarranted action against civilians, and that its superior nuclear capacity is especially worrisome in such a context.<br /> <br />“Israel has 100 nuclear weapons and refuses any foreign control over them, yet it pushes the world to ensure Iran doesn't get any such weapons whatsoever,” he commented “You may be sure Israel would use its own nuclear missiles without hesitation against any country it decides it doesn't like. Let's hope that the entire world will be united against such a dangerous government and that the United States will stop supporting it unconditionally. How can children of Shoa survivors act so barbarically?”<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael: ‘Banning minarets isn’t enough! Islam itself should be banned!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/minaret.jpg' width="" alt="Minaret" title="Minaret" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />Debate surrounding a proposal to ban construction of minarets in Switzerland is something Swiss Raelians are following very closely. They deplore the fact that the heart of this controversy has been sidetracked by focusing on physical towers and minarets when the real debate is the philosophy behind these symbols. <br />“Those supporting the proposed minaret ban are the very same people who refuse to serve Raelians in bars, or to rent them conference rooms,” said Chris Antille, spokesperson for the Swiss Raelian Movement. “They are also the same people who deny Raelians the right to organize philosophical debates, and they have even refused our spiritual leader, Rael, the right to reside in Switzerland!”<br />Antille said such denial of fundamental rights constitutes a violation of basic freedoms guaranteed by accepted international accords.  <br /> “Although the Raelian teachings are in perfect harmony with the Declaration of Human Rights, the Swiss authorities refused Rael’s right to stay on Swiss territory,” he said. “To justify that refusal, they used the pretext that Rael’s teachings ‘could cause a public disturbance.’ ”<br />Nothing could be further from the truth, Antille said, adding that those who actually do present just such a risk are not singled out.   <br />“If there is one philosophy that totally contradicts the Declaration of Human Rights, that philosophy is Islam,” Antille declared. “Rather than attack the Raelian philosophy, which advocates non-violence, the Swiss government should demand that Muslims living on Swiss territory remove those parts of the Koran that promote racism, discrimination and violence.” <br />[He went on to cite several examples taken directly from the Koran. See below.] <br /><br />In a speech given in 2006, following events linked to some controversial caricatures of Mohamed, Rael described what the International Raelian Movement has called “a pronounced lack of reciprocity in terms of basic human rights.” Here is what he said: <br />“It’s shocking to see Muslims imposing double standards in our modern societies. For example, they request the right to build mosques in the West, and to preach in them so they can convert a maximum number of people to their religion. And all citizens [in the West] are free to convert to Islam. <br />“But in Muslim countries, construction of churches is forbidden, and anyone preaching a non-Islamic religion is guilty of a crime punishable by a long-term prison sentence. Those who convert to another religion – thus apostatizing from Islam – can be sentenced to death. <br />“These are double standards. As long as absolute reciprocity [concerning freedom of religion] is not adhered to, Muslims should not benefit from the freedom in Western countries that they refuse to visitors in their own countries. Therefore, for as long as it remains illegal in Islamic countries for atheists and those of other religions to proselytize, Muslim proselytizing should likewise be forbidden in Western counties.”<br />In the same speech, Rael also described the fanaticism that certain Muslims develop when applying teachings of their sacred texts. <br />Only one solution can counter the extremism that breeds violence and hate, he said.<br />“Forbid any religion that teaches violence or racial and ethnic hatred,” Rael declared. <br />He added, “We would never accept a political party that advocates such hatred, and it would be immediately forbidden. Why then accept such a position from a religion, which conditions the behavior of younger generations far more than a political party does? We must therefore forbid the Islamic religion as long as Muslims continue these horrible teachings that are internationally illegal.” <br />In a statement released on Tuesday, the college of Swiss Raelian Guides asked that Swiss authorities and Swiss citizens “start acting less like cowards and more like representatives of a responsible state that guarantees fundamental freedoms.” <br />The remainder of the statement stated, in part:<br />“To be ‘politically correct’ in Switzerland right now means defending the right of Muslims to build minarets while at the same time attacking cults and refusing them use of conference rooms. This position obviously discriminates against philosophical movements not dating from the Middle Ages.”<br />The Swiss population should unite and request that all religious texts promulgated on Swiss soil be validated by an independent committee that would assess such texts in terms of their accordance with the Declaration of Human Rights. The committee would then issue recommendations based on those assessments.<br />If Swiss Muslims agree to follow the committee’s recommendations, they could thereafter benefit from all rights and privileges granted to Swiss residents. But if they refuse to comply and continue to condone the practice in Muslim countries of denying freedom of religion within their borders, then reciprocity should be applied and the practice of Islam should be forbidden on Swiss territory, including all symbols of this religion, such as the minarets. <br />For more information about Rael’s position on militant Islam (which of course is also the position of the International Raelian Movement) see: <a class="e-url" href="http://fr.raelpress.org/comment.php?comment.news.75" rel="external">http://fr.raelpress.org/comment.php?comment.news.75</a> <br />*Here are a few of the more explicit extracts from the Koran, as cited by Antille: <br />Koran Sura IX .5 <br />“Kill all the infidels everywhere you find them, capture them, besiege them, and create ambushes. However, if they convert, if they give money ….. Then let them go in peace, because Allah is forgiving and has pity on them.” <br />Koran Sura V, 51 <br />“Oh believers, do not become friends with any Jews or Christians, because they are their own allies. Anyone who becomes friends with them will become like them and God cannot be a guide to such a pervert.” <br />Koran Sura IV,34 <br />“Men are superior to women, thanks to the qualities which God has endowed on them in order to raise them above women. Reprimand those women whom you fear are not obedient, banish them to separate beds, and beat them.”]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Ultra orthodox Jews protest against Intel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/jews_intel.jpg' width="" alt="Jews Intel" title="Jews Intel" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem have protested outside the offices of the US firm, Intel, against the plant operating on the Jewish day of rest. <br />They have recently held a series of such protests in Israel, becoming increasingly militant in recent months in their attempts to enforce a Saturday work ban.  Intel has been operating on Saturdays for years - and the company defends the policy saying that if the needs call for it, they work on the Sabbath as well.<br /><br />Maitreya Rael made the following comments: these fanatic religious people trying to impose on everybody their own rules must be stopped. What is terrible is that if Muslim religious fanatics were doing the same, everybody would condemn them, but since they are Jews , there  are almost no condemnations . Why is it so? Is this double standard because the press is afraid to appear " antisemitic " ? <br />Religious fanaticism must always be condemned whether it comes from Muslims, Christians, Jews or from any religion.<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Bondi Beach Nude Sculpture Clothed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/littleboylost672.jpg' width="" alt="Littleboylost672" title="Littleboylost672" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />The thirteenth annual Sculpture by the Sea, opened in Sydney on 29 October. Prior to opening the organisers insisted Paul Trefry’s sculpture Little Boy Lost be displayed wearing swimwear instead of being exhibited nude as the sculptor intended.<br /><br />This censoring caused an outcry from various quarters, especially in light of the Bill Henson incident in May 2008. The opening night of Bill Henson's 2007-2008 Sydney exhibition was canceled after complaints were made to Police voicing concerns about the gallery’s invitation depicting photographs of a nude 13-year old girl.<br /><br />The Australian Raelian Movement supported Bill Henson and  immediately sent out a press release stating that it was left dumbfounded by the apparent stupidity of Sculpture by the Sea’s decision to put pants on Paul Treffy's Little Boy Lost.<br /><br />Well-known artist and representative of the Australian Raelian Movement, Luke (LuXifer) Roberts was quoted as saying,  "Shame on the Sydney officials who took this decision. A new low of stupidity has been reached,"  <br /><br />The Australian Raelian Movement was greatly concerned about the shrill indignation, hysteria and fear mongering around the depiction of nude children  in the arts. Those who see evil in a naked child are often the very ones that society needs to be protected from.<br /><br />"Belgium has Manneken Pis, which is located near the Brussels Town Hall and Grand Place. It lives up to its name and urinates water daily. It is a much loved, much visited sculpture and a famous Brussels landmark with an international reputation. It brings joy and delight to those who see it and has been in place for hundreds of years. Even the Catholic Church has armies of naked cupids throughout many of its churches," LuXifer observed. "Now we appear to have a new Puritanism on our hands."<br /><br />"If these Sydney Officials were in Belgium they would put underwear on the Manneken Pis! Its ridiculous," Jarel, spokesperson for the Australian Raelian Movement(ARM) added.<br /><br />Many others were also compelled to comment including leading social commentator, sex therapist and author Bettina Arndt, who suggested on Q&amp;A, a highly regarded Australian television show, that they form a group and go down to the beach and remove the swimwear. Even Tony Abbott, a conservative Catholic politician agreed the decision was part of a worrying new ‘wowserism’ (Australian slang for the views of fanatically puritanical people).<br /><br />In a letter to Michael Maxwell, who is chairman of Sculpture by the Sea, LuXifer Roberts of the Australian Raelian Movement stated that “this recent decision is yet another example of compromising our freedom for a false sense of security. The role of art is to be revolutionary. Instead the little boy is now a symbol of man’s stupidity. Instead of bringing enlightenment with art, the decision to clothe the boy panders to society's darker side and obscurantism."<br /><br /> Artist Paul Trefry said he had felt so uncomfortable with the ruling that his sculpture had to be clothed that he rose at 7.30am and made the short trip from his Bondi home to return the piece to its intended naked form.<br />''I've had enough of censorship, about how the Government are basically stopping everyone from doing anything,'' he said. ''If Sculpture by the Sea want me to remove [my sculpture], I will. If they are going to do something so petty, I would rather not be in the exhibition.''<br /><br />But Sculpture by the Sea founder David Handley said the piece would remain. ''We think it is pretty funny and guessed they'd probably reappear on eBay,'' he said of the missing swimmers. ''Then we found out the artist took them off himself, and thought, 'Why not?' Now, if people wish, they can see him in all his glory.''<br /><br />The Chairman Michael Mazwell wrote back to the Raelian Movement stating, “We agree with your comments about freedom of artistic expression and each year have many sculptures that include the nude figures either in realistic or stylised forms. <br /><br />“Our Bondi exhibition is staged by a relatively small not for profit organisation which could not afford to face the controversy that built up over the Bill Henson photos. The concern was due to the fact the sculpture was based on a real child and we would not have the opportunity to inform the public of what to expect.<br /><br />“We are very pleased that the media coverage of Little Boy Lost has resulted in the sculpture being exhibited as the artist originally intended and wish to note that while the artist would have preferred to exhibit the sculpture without swimming costumes he was told In May this year that he might be asked to exhibit with costumes in which case he would have the choice whether or not to exhibit and he chose to exhibit.”<br /><br />Sculpture by the Sea transformed the Sydney coastline with over 100 sculptures by artists from across the world and is on display on the spectacular Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk until November 15.<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>More warnings about overpopulation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/overpopulation.jpg' width="" alt="Overpopulation" title="Overpopulation" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />A recent article in the growing number of comments on overpopulation was posted on a site we like. (www.rense.com)   The author was saying that the U.S. population is in denial, completely unaware of the danger it faces regarding overpopulation. One example given was ".The Mississippi River spews millions of gallons of toxic water into the Gulf of Mexico 24/7 to create a 10,000 square mile dead zone. Toxins include fertilizer runoff, insecticides, herbicides, household wastes, sewage and a host of chemicals. Vertebrates cannot live in it, thus, our poisons created a dead ocean area. As humans' ultimate toilet, worldwide, our oceans suffer horrific consequences to marine life, plankton and fisheries."<br />The author went on to say that this overpopulation problem for the U.S. is due to the millions of immigrants every year who come to live in the U.S<br />To that, the Prophet Rael said "This article is of course true, but it's not by reducing immigration that you save the planet, but by decreasing human reproduction everywhere by promoting birth control, abortion and making incitement to reproduce - like those contained in the Bible and other religious books, or speeches by the Catholic pope - a crime against Humanity."<br />To explain more on this extremely important topic and why Rael makes such a strong statement here: As the decades progress, we see that more and more people are waking up to what scientists and above-average minds have been saying about the dangers of overpopulation. Every year, scientists offer more evidence of the depletion of the beautiful Earth's natural resources. Today alone, we saw at least 5 articles on the topic and all scientists are saying "less kids". Worse, we see TV ads late at night asking us to donate and help the millions of starving children in these countries which are facing famine - yet who continue to have children. This cruel situation must be faced if we are to be defined as intelligent beings. There is no avoiding that. To put it a different way, how intelligent is it to keep having children when we cannot feed them - or even if we can feed them but these children will be doomed to live their while lives in poverty? To Raelians, this is so sad.<br /><br />Furthermore, we have to recognize the fact that the populations which have the most children are those steeped most deeply in religious education which promote the famous concept of "be fruitful and multiply". This means that at least 50% of the world's population which has been indoctrinated with this motto!  There is an undeniable correlation here which leads us into what we do as a Movement, to facilitate changing the paradigms to which conservatives like religious leaders cling, teaching a new philosophy to anyone who is starting to question. This philosophy is deeply rooted in love, self respect, respect for others - and science instead of ancient religious dogma. <br />Raelians actively teach something else which can help humanity to avoid the overpopulation problem as well as other serious threats facing us on Earth today. That little diamond of information is: to understand the difference between love and pleasure.  Wrongly scorned by religious dogma,  pleasure is what drives us in our life! It is, simply, why we exist and how we came into existence. It's so simple but it bears repeating. Pleasure is why we exist and how we came into existence. There were, at one time, very pleasure-filled parents of Adolf  Hitler and the would-be Pope. These parents were feeling pleasure or else neither of these 2 people would have been born. Pleasure is of course what drives us to have sex and create children. What is even more fascinating is that this "pleasure system" was put in us by our beloved Creators in order that humans as a species would survive. What better way to ensure humanity's survival than to put these genetic/biological programs in us, making us able to feel pleasure from them?!  :-)  These programs are ingenious! Programs like these are why a bird knows how to build a nest or sing a certain "song" that other birds do not. These programs are why a kitten automatically knows to use the litter box. (thankfully..lol..)  These programs are why a baby knows to suckle when a breast is placed in its mouth. These are the brilliant programs which are placed in all species in order to ensure survival. What Raelians and scientists from all over the world are saying is that humanity has survived and populated the Earth quite well. it is now time to stop and use our scientific knowledge to keep the pleasure without reproducing. Contraception tools are numerous and readily available, unfortunately they are still demonized by the main religious leaders.<br />The emergency we face today has nothing to do with immigration, it is only a matter of religious dogma and how slowly conservative religious leaders accept scientific facts.<br />As is often the case, we are not even aware there is a problem until it becomes so huge we wonder how we ever missed it. This applies to each of us as individuals in our daily lives as well as to our societies on Earth. Raelians are trying, with a lot of love and laughter, to help those immersed to realize what they are swimming in - religious dogma. The public is so deeply immersed in the mindset that only a few are even aware of the impending problems. We look for solutions within the mindset when history should have taught us by now that any real solution always came from someone thinking outsidethe accepted paradigm. This is why Raelians will never stop claiming that the pope for example is a criminal against humanity  and it is urgent to inform the people of what the planet is facing. To look at immigration as the problem, it is looking at a piece of land with borders instead of looking at the whole planet, a planet so tiny when compared to the sun around which it revolves, itself so tiny compared to most other stars in the galaxy...this galaxy itself only one of billions we have seen...and those galaxies are part of something larger, the universe...which is itself something larger. It is our "destiny" to go out there. It is given to us the means to live forever, thanks to science!  But there is also a cosmic natural selection in place. If we do not master our aggression toward ourselves and our environment, we will not even survive the next decades. We are like children, not wanting to miss anything! Our future is in our hands, not in the dogma of eons past...<br />Now we wish you as much safe sex as possible . :-)))<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Roman Empire Revisited</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/pyramid.jpg' width="" alt="Pyramid" title="Pyramid" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />It’s no secret that the world is watching, waiting to see how the current economic situation will unfold. The United States is starting to face the fact that the US dollar is falling – and the possibility that it may not be the most accepted currency worldwide much longer. The West, who has enjoyed $trillions from its colonialism is starting to face a new reality – they are starting to no longer enjoy the monopoly on forming global economic policies.<br /><br />As far back as the mid 90’s, the Prophet Rael had warned against the Colonialist/ Imperialistic policies of the West even saying that many of the policies would likely lead the economic giants into a position all too reminiscent of the Roman Empire. At that time he even warned that the US, thanks to its Imperialism, would be unable to maintain its economic empires and that it would likely crumble under the burden of its own weight.<br /><br />More recently, economists cannot help but notice the fact that high-profile countries like Iran are eerily devoid of the once globally recognized icons like McDonald’s, Starbuck’s, Coca-Cola, thus also empty of the Capitalistic Giant which bore them. <br /><br />This week the Prophet Rael reminded the world once again “Soon the continued colonial policies of the West against Middle East, South American and African countries will become powerless and countries of the West will find themselves commercially and financially boycotted. And that will accelerate the crash of occidental economies and the rise of Asian powers. The time of embargo against poor countries not complying with occidental views will soon be finished, and then Asian, Middle East, South American and African countries will be able to unite to create embargoes against ex imperialist colonial powers, as well as replacing the dollar with other currencies. Then with very few natural resources, very expensive labor due to socialist policies and very expensive military forces to maintain, the occidental powers will fall dawn in a recession which will make it look like the third world. Like the fall of the Roman Empire, the fall of the occidental empire is coming soon and will be much more severe due to an overpopulation which didn’t exist in the time of Roman supremacy.”<br /><br />It’s already starting to happen. Asian and Indian companies are filling the economic vacancies left by the West. How could Iran and other countries not look to others than the US for trade after the economic sanctions imposed upon them since the 70’s? It’s true that some of these sanctions were justified in the name of human rights but many of these sanctions only worsened the human condition and were only put in place in order to feed the Western Military-Industrial complex…the new Rome.<br /><br />And the world knows what happened to the Empire which was Rome.<br /><br />Finally, an interesting perspective on the world economy: As The Elohim told Rael in 1973, so long as there is one nation’s currency being used over another there will be inequality and the “winners”, that is the country whose currency is used, will naturally do all they can to maintain their economic power over weaker nations. In order to be fair and just, we need to immediately adopt one worldwide currency (something more and more economists are starting to discuss 35 years later) – and even this currency will be just a short, temporary fix until we quickly evolve into a worldwide society without money. Want to know how that will happen? :-)Read “Intelligent Design” as well as Rael’s other books. (All are free downloads here)<br />[/b]<br />[<strong class='bbcode bold bbcode-b'>Submitted by religiousatheis</strong>]<br />It’s already starting to happen. Asian and Indian companies are filling the economic vacancies left by the West. How could Iran and other countries not look to others than the US for trade after the economic sanctions imposed upon them since the 70’s? It’s true that some of these sanctions were justified in the name of human rights but many of these sanctions only worsened the human condition and were only put in place in order to feed the Western Military-Industrial complex…the new Rome.<br /><br />And the world knows what happened to the Empire which was Rome.<br /><br />Finally, an interesting perspective on the world economy: As The Elohim told Rael in 1973, so long as there is one nation’s currency being used over another there will be inequality and the “winners”, that is the country whose currency is used, will naturally do all they can to maintain their economic power over weaker nations. In order to be fair and just, we need to immediately adopt one worldwide currency (something more and more economists are starting to discuss 35 years later) – and even this currency will be just a short, temporary fix until we quickly evolve into a worldwide society without money. Want to know how that will happen? :-)Read “Intelligent Design” as well as Rael’s other books. (All are free downloads here)<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael proposes a peace plan for Middle East</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/raelasiaseminar59ah.jpg' width="" alt="Raelasiaseminar59ah" title="Raelasiaseminar59ah" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  /><strong class='bbcode bold bbcode-b'>'Palestine:Imagine’</strong><br />Imagine that in 1948, the Jews who survived the terrible genocide perpetrated by the Nazis hadn’t created the separate nation of Israel but had instead simply gone to Palestine to settle peacefully among the local population. What a different world we would have today!<br />At the time, the entire world was very sympathetic to and full of compassion for the Jewish people because of what they had endured. The world was, in fact, “pro-Semitic” then, including the Arabic people, who are the Jews’ direct brothers since both groups are Semitic peoples. (See <a class="e-url" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic)" rel="external">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic)</a><br />Knowing this, we can understand that no Arab could possibly be anti-Semitic, despite the much-propagated media lie to the contrary.<br />Beyond doubt, before the creation of Israel, the Palestinian people would have been ready to welcome all the Jewish survivors to their country, where Jews already made up three percent of the population and had lived happily among the Arabic people for centuries. This Jewish minority was highly respected and was perfectly integrated into the Muslim society.<br /><br />What happened after World War II was both tragic and unnecessary. At first, many Jews emigrated there peacefully from Europe. Then some fanatical Zionists initiated the creation of a purely Jewish state that stole land and houses from the Arabic people, forcing more than a million of them into exile in a monstrous ethnic cleansing episode.<br />Imagine that this terrible crime had never been committed. The Palestinians would have welcomed Jews from around the world, since Muslims have great respect for Jews, described in the Koran as People of the Book (referring to the Bible). The Shoa [Holocaust] survivors would have brought with them to Palestine their enormous scientific and intellectual knowledge, and today we would have a rich country called Palestine that would be approximately 30 percent Jewish. Those Jews would now form part of a democratically elected government, and there would be no war there, nor any refugees – and no concentration camps like Gaza. September 11 wouldn’t have happened and we’d have no ‘war against terror.’ Just imagine…<br /><br /><br />Then consider the reality: Israel today is very similar to – yet even worse than – the South Africa of the apartheid era. It’s a racist state that accepts only Jewish immigrants, denies equal rights to non-Jews living there and forbids members of other religions to attempt the conversion of its Jews. Its fanatical orthodox Jews even consider all non-Jews to be inferior human beings called “gentiles,” who, according to the orthodox religious books, are just good enough to be slaves.<br />Following the great example set by Mahatma Gandhi, I recently launched an initiative called “Be a Jewish Gandhi,” which promotes the adoption of Palestinian orphans by Israeli couples, who would agree to raise the adopted children as Muslims. But it looks as though Israeli law makes it illegal for Jews to adopt non-Jewish children! Can we imagine anything more racist?<br /><br />It’s not too late to create peace between these Semitic brothers, but every new war crime like the Gaza massacre makes it more difficult. The solution is very simple: as usual, only love – not war – can save humanity. A two-state solution is not the solution, for it’s perpetuating a terrible apartheid. Those who lost their land, homes and children will never be able to forgive and live side by side with their tormentors.<br />The hatred in this region will never end unless something drastic happens, since the only solution would be something that creates a truly deep and sincere reconciliation. Such reconciliation can only be accomplished if the victims are first recognized as victims, then integrated into a new entity – and with huge monetary compensation for their suffering. This means the creation of a unique, new state of Palestine, in which, as in South Africa, two groups of people – in this case, Palestinians and Jews – could live peacefully side by side and share their combined financial and human resources. This huge new Palestinian nation could become very rich, since so much money is now wasted on non-productive military expenditures.<br /><br />Of course, creating this new nation would involve giving back to the Palestinians every parcel of land and every house that has been stolen from them – or the equivalent in monetary compensation if that property has been destroyed – plus additional financial compensation for each person killed and for the years of exile. And of course there would have to be a guarantee that all the exiled Palestinians can return home safely.<br />Then, surely, the Semitic Palestinians would forgive their Jewish brothers and live peacefully together with them forever. There is more than enough land in Palestine to create room for everybody, but only forgiveness and compassion can make it possible.<br />The Israelis are refusing to allow the Palestinian refugees to return mainly because they’re afraid of becoming a minority. But only those who don’t trust the majority are afraid of being a minority, as the pro-apartheid white supremacists were in South Africa for so long. Today’s South Africa is the proof that peaceful co-existence works. The national reconciliation in that country wrought by great human beings like Nelson Mandela was a success. Just as whites in South Africa no longer feel threatened living among a black majority, there’s no reason for Jews to fear living among an Arabic majority in a peaceful country where everyone would enjoy the same equal rights. After all, that would be a much less dangerous situation than being surrounded by hundreds of millions of hostile Arabic people!<br />The international community, the United Nations and all superpowers should force Israel to accept this solution – if necessary, by putting in place, as they did for South Africa, a total economic embargo against Israel until the solution is accepted. They should also send troops to protect the defenseless Palestinian people in the Gaza concentration camp, who are in danger of being exterminated in a genocide that will forever make the Israelis look as bad as the Nazis. This genocide will trigger a worldwide wave of what is called ‘anti-Semitism,’ but which will in fact be hatred directed against Jewish people.<br />The Israeli Law of Return, if applied equally to Palestinians and Jews worldwide, would permit the creation of a very rich country. It would also solve the problem of the hundreds of thousands of Jewish settlers who built houses in the Palestinian territories, since they would be able to stay where they are. The returning Palestinians could go back to their homes and lands in Israel. And Jerusalem would be the capital that both Palestinians and Jews cherish.<br />So it’s not too late to implement this fundamental change – the creation of a new Palestinian state in which all Semitic brothers and sisters can live together peacefully, without drama, bombs, genocide or orphans. Just imagine, as John Lennon sang so beautifully: “You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.”<br />Let’s make the dream of a united Palestine a reality before it’s too late! It’s the only solution.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael blasts U.N and West  for Gaza situation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/gaza.jpg' width="" alt="Gaza" title="Gaza" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />As the fourth day of what Israel now calls “all-out war” wreaks havoc and human misery in Gaza, Rael, founder and spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement, renews his warning to the U.N. and the West in a statement released this morning.<br /><br />“During the war between Russia and Georgia in which hundreds of innocent civilians died on both sides, the U.N. and Western countries led by the U.S. condemned Russia for its ‘disproportionate response’ to the Georgian provocation,” he said. “Yet in this new conflict between Israel and Palestine, hundreds of people are already dead, with more and more dying by the hour. But nobody lifts a finger. The world is celebrating holidays with champagne and caviar while innocent, starving civilians are massacred.”<br /><br />He noted that with the death toll rising rapidly, reports of  100 civilian deaths and 1,000 casualties in Gaza were sure to be outdated almost immediately. Nevertheless, he said the dramatic contrast between losses on the two sides should be noted.<br /><br />“Yesterday, while the bombs dropped on Gaza killed so many innocent people, only three deaths and less than 10 casualties had been reported in Israel,” he said. “While any death on either side is a tragedy, the numbers show that this massive attack is a totally disproportionate response to the provocation. Yet nobody is condemning Israel for it! It is not even eye for eye like the Old testament say,  but a truckload of eyes for one eye and it s totally disproportionnate.”<br /><br />Calling the Western non-response “an example of the double standard at its worst,” he said, “On one side is one of the world’s most powerful armies. On the other side are extremely poor people without any real army to protect themselves. They have no military resource that could be compared to the formidable Israeli arsenal, and they’re trapped in what is, in effect, a giant concentration camp. In fact, they’re starving after years of an outrageous blockade. Therefore, this so-called war is, in reality, a massacre of civilians by the Israeli military – under the pretext of killing a handful of fighters armed with small shoulder rockets.To have a war you need two armies, here there is only one .The western media with title as "war in the middle east" are totally biased and misinforming the public, becoming accomplice of a terrible genocide and ethnic cleansing because there is no war going on in the middle east .But a massacre commited by on army against a population without army and real defenses”.<br /><br /><br />He rejected the idea that the Israeli bombardment constitutes reasonable self defense.<br /><br />“Israel has the absolute right to defend itself, but not by killing innocent civilians in massive bombings ” he said. “Technology exists to accurately target rocket launchers only, and Israelis has that technology. Then why this massacre of so many innocent civilians? ”<br /><br />He said Western nations pick and choose the victims they’re willing to assist according to economic interests and the way political winds are blowing.<br /><br /> “A U.S.-led coalition flew to protect people in Kosovo from genocide. Will it do the same for Palestinians? When the dead numbered in the thousands, this genocide – or ethnic cleansing – will be remembered. Everyone will ask, “Why did we do nothing? But it will be too late then, and this slaughter will forever stain Israel’s image and public consciousness.”<br /><br />Asked what could alleviate the longstanding suffering and turmoil in this part of the world, Rael said, “More than ever, Israel needs a Jewish Gandhi replacing violence by love and compassion.”<br /><br />In a previous address, Rael has reminded Israel of its duty.“The creation of the state of Israel is the cause of the Palestinian drama, and even if Israel has the right to exist, it has also the obligation to avoid a Palestinian genocide by providing help and saving a starving population. As an immediate neighbour and as a historic cause of the problem, Israel has the responsibility to act humanely. Instead of sending missiles and tanks, they should send trucks full of food and water, and connect the Palestinian electric and water network to the Israeli supplies for free as a compensation for years of suffering and lost of lands. ”He added today: "even in the inacceptable case of the creation of something being tragically similar to the american Indian reservations, at least the american were providing food, electricty and water to these reservations as well as health services. But in Gaza the Israeli government is providing absolutely nothing to a starving and sick population in fact just waiting that everybody dies without moving one finger. This is destroying the formidable  worldwide feeling of compassion and sympathy toward the Jewish people after the drama of the nazi genocide, and generating a lot of new antisemitism which is a real drama,as everybody in the world wonder how people having suffered so much under the nazi criminals can do similar things to their poor neighbours. Recently an  Israeli minister himself compared the attacks against palestinians by jewish settlers  to pogroms. It is the very essence of Jewish spirit to be a model of love and compassion and any other behaviour betrays the roots of the real Judaism."<br /><br />According to the Raelian philosophy, the creation of the state of Israel was planned by those who created us, called Elohim in the Bible, so that the third temple, the embassy to welcome them, can be build on the land where they started their creation. According to the Raelian scripture, if the state of Israel keeps this area as a land of crime and genocide, it will not be protected anymore by the Elohim and will disappear as such and one more time the Jewish people will be dispersed on the earth while the embassy to welcome them will be build somewhere else.<br /><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Palestinian Humanitarian Aid Blocked</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/palestinian_aid.jpg' width="" alt="Palestinian Aid" title="Palestinian Aid" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />Both Palestinian and Israeli forces report that Israel just intercepted a Lybian ship bringing humanitarian aid to Palestinians. Similar stories are being reported that Israel has been withholding electricity, water and other much needed things from Gaza occupants. U.N. aid has also been reported being blocked, though they successfully delivered a few truck loads of aid through the Kerem Shalom border crossing last week.<br /><br />Rael said “A few years ago, all big powers starting with the USA rushed militarily to help people of Bosnia. Yet now, why aren’t all the big powers of NATO, lead by the USA don't militarily escort the aid ships carrying food and medicine to Gaza and force their way through this criminal blockade? Are they waiting until hundreds of thousands of civilians die? They will not have the excuse to say "we didn't know". The whole world is watching. Who will have the courage to move before a genocide, which has already started, exterminates the civilian population?”<br /><br />Is there any surprise that there are so many in the Muslim world who are so frustrated – even angry with the western world? Over and over again we are seeing the US and other NATO powers not offering aid to the Palestinians but instead silently siding almost unconditionally with Israel due to politically correctness which says any criticism of Israel equates to being anti-Semitic. <br /><br />As  Rael asked years ago, is the blood of a Palestinian child less precious than the blood of a Jewish child?<br /><br />Indeed. The whole world is watching. <br /><br /><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Need For Geniocracy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/rl_nov_63.jpg' width="" alt="Rl Nov 63" title="Rl Nov 63" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />Rael made a very powerful comment following the nice  attempt of 12 former political giants who banned together in order to help draw the world’s attention to the serious political and humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe which is suffering from starvation and disease. This group is what some call a “political dream team”, which goes by the name “the Global Elders”. They hoped to unite in order to “exert influence and bring attention to humanitarian crises that might otherwise go unnoticed or unsolved”. <br /><br />The Prophet Rael said: “This is a very good initiative but unfortunately it is from people without any real power. Through geniocracy, the same goal can be achieved but with people who are really in power. The crude democracy in place now actually creates all the problems we know. It is, in fact, the dictatorship of stupid people who, being a vast majority can elect people like Adolph Hitler, Georges Bush or Saddam Hussein. Then everybody pay the consequences.<br /><br />In fact, the American people, even the conservatives, have started to blame George Bush for the economic catastrophe which is just starting in the USA. But in a kind of natural karma which always see those behaving badly paying the consequences for their bad decisions, the real responsibility of this fiasco is not on George Bush, but on those who elected him: the majority of the US population. So in other words, you elected him, knowing perfectly what his program was, so you can only blame yourself for the problems you have now.<br /><br /><br />If, through geniocracy, intelligent people, or Elders, were in power, what is happening right now in USA and the world economy would have never happened. 96 % of the population is stupid, so as long as through "wild democracy" the 96 % stupid people will rule the world through wild elections, then bad decisions will be taken and we may see the world end in a nuclear holocaust. As a French philosopher once said "since the stupid people are making more children than the intelligent people, there are more and more stupid people on the earth and less and less intelligent people..." and he concluded: "the only solution for escaping the cataclysmic nuclear holocaust that stupid people (electing stupid government) will create is to build space vessels and escape to create a new civilization where all the intelligent people will emigrate..." And that may in fact be the only solution... May be the Elohim also did the same thing and it may be the reason why they have 2 planets: the ‘Eternal Life Planet’ where only "elders" and wise people live, and the Elohim planet which is not much better than the earth...<br /><br />So we have to try to make humanity accept geniocracy, which is a kind of an "elder government". This process is not the end of democracy. It’s the opposite: it is the democratic acceptation of the end of the crude democracy we have known until now, and its replacement by a selective democracy where the intelligent and wise people are the only ones who can vote and be elected. So we can avoid electing a future Adolph Hitler or future George Bush...<br /><br />It is not the denial of the beautiful fundamental values of America but an improvement of these very fundamental values by creating a government of the people, by the people , but people accepting, like in traditional pre-democratic ethic groups, that some "elders" or intelligent people can make better choices than a wild/generic democracy following the dictatorship of the majority, which most of the time make very stupid choices due to a lack of education, experience and most of all, a lack of intelligence. If all politicians’ IQ’s were made public we would have some big surprises and I would love to know (and I guess I am not alone) the IQ of George Bush.<br /><br />The world has been ruled by democracy for more than 2 centuries now and we can see the damage, genocides and dramas it created on all levels. So its time to replace it by trying something better if we want to save the planet. As governing is foreseeing the future, it is very easy to see that not even one democratically elected government made the right decisions to avoid the problems the world population encounters now as well as for the last 2 centuries . They were totally unfit to govern and they proved it. All other justifications are just "bla bla" because the only way to judge a fact is to see the results it created. And the results are dramatic in every field: wars, holocausts, genocides, starvations killing 1000 children every minute on earth, economic and monetary crashes, pollution destroying 10 animal species every day, etc... It is easy to see the rotten fruits of “wild democracy”.<br /><br />So it’s now time to democratically accept the fact that we need to shift to a selective democracy where only elders and wise people can vote and be elected to finally make the right and good decisions for humanity. Like a philosopher said: "politics are too important to entrust politicians to take care of it".<br /><br />If we do not succeed at replacing wild democracy by geniocracy then the only way to survive will be to build space vessels and prepare ourselves to escape to create another civilization on a planet where all intelligent people will emigrate to abandon the "earth ship" before all life is extinct on it due to wild democracy or the dictatorship of the imbeciles.”<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Ethiopia should issue international arrest warrants against UK officials</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/ethiopia_crown.jpg' width="" alt="Ethiopia Crown" title="Ethiopia Crown" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />The president of Ethiopia, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, has personally intervened in a dispute between Ethiopia and British Museums, demanding they return $millions in valuable and very historic artifacts which were looted from Ethiopia in 1868 by British soldiers. Among these are some of Ethiopia’s most significant religious treasures which even the British Museums have agreed not to display, jewels of all sorts, and even the Ethiopian royal crown. <br /><br />According to history, “British soldiers slaughtered hundreds of poorly armed Ethiopians after the battle, and then ‘jostled each other’ to grab a piece of the emperor's blood-stained shirt, which they tore from his body. They also looted the citadel and a nearby church, carrying off treasures that included ‘an infinite variety of gold, and silver and brass crosses’, as well as ‘heaps of parchment which was royally illuminated’.”<br />Ethiopia should issue international arrest warrants against UK officials!”<br /><br />“Ethiopia as well as all African countries should issue international arrest warrants against British officials if they refuse to return everything their bloodthirsty colonizers pillaged,” said Rael.<br /><br /> Rael said the position of many museum administrators that such items should remain in Britain so the public can see them is unconscionable and just plain wrong.<br /><br />“They don’t have the right to even open their mouths to argue it’s better for the public interest that these African artifacts stay in the U.K.,” he said. “It’s the fundamental right of the African people to have these items back, and to not display them at all if they so choose. Since these items belong to them, it’s also their right to do whatever they want with them. They shouldn’t have to explain such decisions to the descendants of the bloodthirsty colonizers. For the British to think they have the right to determine what will become of the returned items is proof that the colonizer mindset persists even today.”<br /><br />Rael added that the museums now displaying the items owe considerable financial compensation to the true owners in Africa.<br /><br />“They should have to pay huge monetary damages for their illicit use of these objects,” he said. “They’ve been cashing in on these treasures for years by charging entrance fees to see them. And the time to return them is long overdue. Therefore, in addition to the damages, an additional large financial penalty should be assessed for each additional day the objects aren’t returned.”<br /><br />Rael sent his personal support to Ethiopian government officials and proposed them to sue UK officials. “Just like the French government was able to issue an international arrest warrant against Rwanda’s officials, the same international laws should apply in this case –since keeping knowingly a stolen object is an international crime- and Ethiopia as well as all robbed African countries should not only ask for a huge daily damage for each day the items are not returned but also issue an international arrest warrant against the museum director for receiving stolen goods” he concluded.<br /><br />Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in the world and has yielded some of humanity's oldest traces. The Ethiopian dynasty has a direct line of descent from King Salomon and the Bible version used in Ethiopia, called Kebra Negast, that dates back to the time of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, is of particular interest to Raelians since it contains clear descriptions of spacecrafts used by the gods, and of their occupants, Humanity’s creators, as described by the Raelian philosophy. <br /><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Same sex marriages</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/olbermann.jpg' width="" alt="Olbermann" title="Olbermann" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />Rael sent his deepest support to Keith Olbermann this week. Keith is an anchor man for MSNBC, a very large TV network in the US. He had a special commentary following the passing of the infamous “Proposition 8” in California. By a slim margin, voters passed a law making same-sex marriages unconstitutional. :-(  One of the many ironic things about its passage was the fact that minorities voted against equal rights for minorities. What a world!<br /><br />We have expressed our support to same sex marriages on several occasions on this site but we thought it would be nice to share the text of what Keith Olbermann said on the subject. The link to the video, if you feel like watching him, is located below.<br /><br />Here is what Olberman said:<br /><strong class='bbcode bold bbcode-b'>Gay marriage is a question of love.-Everyone deserves the same chance at permanence and happiness</strong><br /><br />Finally tonight as promised, a Special Comment on the passage, last week, of Proposition Eight in California, which rescinded the right of same-sex couples to marry, and tilted the balance on this issue, from coast to coast.<br /><br />Some parameters, as preface. This isn't about yelling, and this isn't about politics, and this isn't really just about Prop-8.  And I don't have a personal investment in this: I'm not gay, I had to strain to think of one member of even my very extended family who is, I have no personal stories of close friends or colleagues fighting the prejudice that still pervades their lives.<br />And yet to me this vote is horrible. Horrible. Because this isn't about yelling, and this isn't about politics. This is about the human heart, and if that sounds corny, so be it.<br /><br /><br />If you voted for this Proposition or support those who did or the sentiment they expressed, I have some questions, because, truly, I do not understand. Why does this matter to you? What is it to you? In a time of impermanence and fly-by-night relationships, these people over here want the same chance at permanence and happiness that is your option. They don't want to deny you yours. They don't want to take anything away from you. They want what you want—a chance to be a little less alone in the world.<br /><br />Only now you are saying to them—no. You can't have it on these terms. Maybe something similar. If they behave. If they don't cause too much trouble.  You'll even give them all the same legal rights—even as you're taking away the legal right, which they already had. A world around them, still anchored in love and marriage, and you are saying, no, you can't marry. What if somebody passed a law that said you couldn't marry?<br /><br />I keep hearing this term "re-defining" marriage. If this country hadn't re-defined marriage, black people still couldn't marry white people. Sixteen states had laws on the books which made that illegal in 1967. 1967.<br />The parents of the President-Elect of the United States couldn't have married in nearly one third of the states of the country their son grew up to lead. But it's worse than that. If this country had not "re-defined" marriage, some black people still couldn't marry black people. It is one of the most overlooked and cruelest parts of our sad story of slavery. Marriages were not legally recognized, if the people were slaves. Since slaves were property, they could not legally be husband and wife, or mother and child. Their marriage vows were different: not "Until Death, Do You Part," but "Until Death or Distance, Do You Part." Marriages among slaves were not legally recognized.<br /><br />You know, just like marriages today in California are not legally recognized, if the people are gay.<br /><br />And uncountable in our history are the number of men and women, forced by society into marrying the opposite sex, in sham marriages, or marriages of convenience, or just marriages of not knowing, centuries of men and women who have lived their lives in shame and unhappiness, and who have, through a lie to themselves or others, broken countless other lives, of spouses and children, all because we said a man couldn't marry another man, or a woman couldn't marry another woman. The sanctity of marriage. <br />How many marriages like that have there been and how on earth do they increase the "sanctity" of marriage rather than render the term, meaningless?<br />What is this, to you? Nobody is asking you to embrace their expression of love. But don't you, as human beings, have to embrace... that love? The world is barren enough.<br /><br />It is stacked against love, and against hope, and against those very few and precious emotions that enable us to go forward. Your marriage only stands a 50-50 chance of lasting, no matter how much you feel and how hard you work.<br /><br />And here are people overjoyed at the prospect of just that chance, and that work, just for the hope of having that feeling.  With so much hate in the world, with so much meaningless division, and people pitted against people for no good reason, this is what your religion tells you to do? With your experience of life and this world and all its sadnesses, this is what your conscience tells you to do?<br /><br />With your knowledge that life, with endless vigor, seems to tilt the playing field on which we all live, in favor of unhappiness and hate... this is what your heart tells you to do? You want to sanctify marriage? You want to honor your God and the universal love you believe he represents? Then Spread happiness—this tiny, symbolic, semantical grain of happiness—share it with all those who seek it. Quote me anything from your religious leader or book of choice telling you to stand against this. And then tell me how you can believe both that statement and another statement, another one which reads only "do unto others as you would have them do unto you."<br /><br />You are asked now, by your country, and perhaps by your creator, to stand on one side or another. You are asked now to stand, not on a question of politics, not on a question of religion, not on a question of gay or straight. You are asked now to stand, on a question of love. All you need do is stand, and let the tiny ember of love meet its own fate. <br /><br />You don't have to help it, you don't have it applaud it, you don't have to fight for it. Just don't put it out. Just don't extinguish it. Because while it may at first look like that love is between two people you don't know and you don't understand and maybe you don't even want to know. It is, in fact, the ember of your love, for your fellow person just because this is the only world we have. And the other guy counts, too.<br /><br />This is the second time in ten days I find myself concluding by turning to, of all things, the closing plea for mercy by Clarence Darrow in a murder trial.<br />But what he said, fits what is really at the heart of this:<br /><br />"I was reading last night of the aspiration of the old Persian poet, Omar-Khayyam," he told the judge. It appealed to me as the highest that I can vision. I wish it was in my heart, and I wish it was in the hearts of all: <em class='bbcode italic bbcode-i'>So I be written in the Book of Love; I do not care about that Book above. Erase my name, or write it as you will, So I be written in the Book of Love."</em><br /><br />Video link: <a class="e-url" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27650743/" rel="external">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27650743/</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Israel Stops Fuel Shipments to Palestinians</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/palestinian_child.jpg' width="" alt="Palestinian Child" title="Palestinian Child" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />The Prophet Rael commented with beautiful clarity following the news that the Israeli military were stopping U.N. shipments of fuel from reaching Gaza City. Israel closed its border because of the rocket attacks from the Gaza area. There will be no electricity, no heat, and if things continue another day, no food coming in for 750,000 people.<br /><br />Rael said “In other words Israel is saying ‘Let children and women starve to death to punish them for the actions of fanatic militants’. This is called collective punishment and is forbidden by all international laws and treaties as well as the Geneva Convention. It is similar to the war crimes of German Nazis punishing collectively civilian populations for the actions of freedom fighters. And it will just increase the hatred instead of appeasing all parties. Only love can save Israel.”<br /><br />At the risk of diluting such a clear statement, we should be clear here. We are not defending the actions of these fanatical Palestinians. Firing rockets indiscriminately into Israel is despicable. We should remember, however, that the definition of terrorism is when a country uses force against a civilian population in order to persuade the leaders to change something. This is exactly what Israel is doing but Hamas leaders cannot be held responsible for a few Palestinian fanatics. Israeli leaders can, however, be held accountable for their military. As of now, both sides are terrorists in the purest sense of the word. And as Rael says, the powerful Israeli military choking the civilian Palestinian population will only make things worse. <br /><br />Only love…<br /><br /><br /><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Six More Wrongly Imprisoned at Guantanamo (RAEL's comment)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Prophet Rael commented today on yet another terrible injustice committed by George Bush. <br /><br />The latest scandal reeks of familiarity... <br /><br />The charges brought by the Bush Administration against six Algerian men for plotting to bomb the US embassy in Sarajevo in 2001 have finally been dropped <em class='bbcode italic bbcode-i'>nearly seven years later</em>. So now add six more innocent men to the growing list of abused Guantanamo “detainees”. <br /><br />Rael said “…this is yet another crime of George Bush who should be prosecuted for war crimes as soon as possible. And these people should get a good US attorney and ask for millions of dollars for their years of terrible suffering in prison.”<br /><br />These six men were Arab-born (surprise, surprise) but that all had Bosnian citizenship or residency. They had also already been acquitted 7 years ago in a Sarajevo court but the US insisted they be handed over regardless, even threatening to pull its peacekeeping forces from Bosnia if authorities did not comply.  If the US had withdrawn peacekeeping troops as it threatened, it would have been backing out of the Dayton accord which the US itself had negotiated. This would have likely caused great strife in the area. The US shackled and blindfolded the innocent men and transported them to Guantanamo. All in the name of the war on terror.<br />This is how aggressive US foreign policy has become and it can be no surprise that a growing portion of the world strongly disagrees with US foreign policy. We are sure that the American people – like all people – are giving and benevolent. The problem lies in governments’ foreign policies and the amount of accurate information that citizens in any country are allowed to access. Had Americans had accurate information, Bush would have never got away with what he has. (They would not have even voted him in, as the vote was 50/50)  The problem also lies in the current system. In many countries, and the US is the prime example, government and/or corporations control media. In the US, corporations have become so wealthy and powerful that they, even if indirectly, control the government. Halliburton, Bechtel, oil companies, etc. have all lobbied the US government for so long that they control government policy. This is a priori, Fascism. <br /><br />There are, however, solutions. :-) The Elohim, who are humanity’s true creators, have given us loving advice. Among other things, they lovingly propose that we democratically choose a better form of government in which only highly intelligent people are allowed to run for office. I think we’d all agree that this would help many things. ;-)  Secondly, that this new government should apply strict humanitarianism in order that all people on Earth are assured basic human rights to freedom as well as basic needs like food, medical attention and housing. As it is now, rich nations continue to take from poor ones. Third, and this is something which could help usher in these things is for each person to always remember that we are responsible for our actions. Even things like who we listen to, who we vote for etc. We should think carefully and choose the things which help humanity as a whole. This would also very much include military personnel. If a soldier is ordered to kill a nonviolent person, they should refuse at all costs. (To those who would argue that a country acts in self defense, please remember that Bush’s attack on Iraq was a “pre-emptive strike” and that the Iraqi people are defending themselves. The US attacked Iraq, not the other way around)<br /><br />This is where government and media come into play. These institutions, in order to retain their power and wealth, twist the facts in order to convince a population that a certain people are a danger. (Arabs, Jews, Americans, Blacks, Muslims, etc) And when a soldier goes into a country and starts shooting, yes, the people of that country tend to want to defend themselves, thus justifying the soldier’s education that these people want to kill him. <br /><br />We should always be very, very skeptical when we hear a leader, be they political or religious, tell us to be afraid of something. Whether it’s that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, that we need to fear terrorists, to fear Jews or Arabs, Blacks, a war on drugs or a war between good and evil, a war between God and Satan, these are all designed to manipulate people. Every war is rooted in fear. If we are to stop repeating the mistakes of the past, we must stop fearing others who are different than us. To do this, we need to <em class='bbcode italic bbcode-i'>listen to those who are different</em>, <span class='bbcode underline bbcode-u' style='text-decoration:underline'>not</span> those who tell us to fear them.<br /><br />In the US, the upcoming elections have all but made George Bush invisible within the US. Millions who voted for him now realize their error and feel betrayed by the man they thought was the “man of God” he claimed to be. (which is impossible because there is no god)  Sadly, his departure from office will not undo his legacy of intolerance, violence and lies. The repercussions of what he has done will be echoing for many years. It will take many years and a huge effort for the next president(s) to push US policy in a better direction.<br /><br />Each one of us is a citizen of Earth. Borders are imaginary lines drawn by colonizers and the winners of wars. We are one. :-)<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Our support to Rabbis for Human Rights</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/jewish_thing.jpg' width="" alt="Jewish Thing" title="Jewish Thing" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />Rael has expressed its support to the Israeli group ‘Rabbis for Human Rights’, led by Rabbi Arik Ascherman who has led a never-ending campaign to persuade the army and police to enforce the Palestinian olive growers' right to farm their land despite the settlers' attempts to stop them. RHR has made a special effort this year to maximise its volunteer numbers because of the growing incidence of settler violence against Palestinians in the past few months.<br />According to an article published on the Independent, “a group of the association was confronted last year in the South Hebron Hills by settlers who fired shots from a pistol and an M16 assault rifle, despite the presence of the army and police. "Then one of the soldiers said, 'Look, one of them is coming down with a jug of water for you'. The settler emptied the jug over me. It was full of human shit."<br />Rabbi Ascherman says that apart from one notably ugly and violent confrontation with aggressive settlers in Hebron last week, the harvest has been relatively quiet. But it has only just begun. And while the army insists that it will "strive" to ensure as normal a harvest as possible, Rabbi Ascherman is considering returning to the Supreme Court because of restrictions he says the military is still imposing on the farmers even in areas opened up under a 2006 order made by the Court.<br /><br />Asked why he and his volunteers make this often risky mission each year, the US-born rabbi says "if we really believe" the Biblical text that all human beings are made in God's image, "we have got to put our money where our mouth is and be here in an active way to defend human rights". And he also cites the "dialogue of the olive groves" in which Israelis and Palestinians who "have to live and die here together" have "no choice but to communicate" if they also work together. "I think this is not only the just and right and Jewish thing to do, but it's the self-interested thing to do. We are going to survive."<br />This is the Jewish thing we Raelians like…<br /><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>US National Debt Clock reaches 10 trillion</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/debt.clock.ap.jpg' width="" alt="Ap" title="Ap" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />A news brief from today reads:<br />NEW YORK (AP) -- The National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure. As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style clock near Times Square has been switched to a figure -- the "1" in $10 trillion.<br />It's marking the federal government's current debt at about $10.2 trillion.<br />The Durst Organization says it plans to update the sign next year by adding two digits.<br />That will make it capable of tracking debt up to a quadrillion dollars.<br />The late Manhattan real estate developer Seymour Durst put the sign up in 1989 to call attention to what was then a $2.7 trillion debt.<br /><br />Rael commented: <br />“The truth is that the United States of America will never be legally able to get rid of such a debt and not even pay a fraction of the interests.  This is the end of the world monetary system as we know it and a great opportunity for the instauration of a world currency. The process will be of course very painful, but will help humanity reach a new level toward the ‘planetarization’ of humanity. We are lucky to live these wonderful times which bring us closer to the ‘Elohimization’ predicted in ‘The Messages’.*<br />It is time to stop trusting the banks and the paper called money by governments printing it overnight without any real value. Don’t forget that there are much more dollars outside the US (some people say 10 times more) than inside the country and that if everybody sells it at the same time, it may lose as much as 90 % of its value.”<br /><br /><br />Rael uses the term ‘Elohimization’ which relates to the Elohim, the advanced scientists who created us and who contacted him 35 years ago, giving him what Raelians call ‘The Messages’ which is a compilation of information about how they created us and how they helped us grow in consciousness sending us Prophets like Bouddha, Mohamed for the most famous ones.<br />Most importantly, they explain that we are reaching a level of development in our society that will require making choices and they give us some directions telling us, as an example, that they don’t use money on their planet anymore and that we will soon reach a time where money will not be useful anymore…Before reaching that stage, we will need a world currency... Let’s see how the story unfolds. You can also see a short speech of Rael on the subject on the video called ‘Rael talks about money’.<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Formula 1 Boss Seeks Change in Privacy Laws</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/max-mosley.jpg' width="" alt="Mosley" title="Mosley" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />You might remember a story about Max Mosley, president of the FIA , International car association, who successfully sued a U.K. tabloid for publishing photos of him in his personal life. U.K. Court ordered the News Of The World tabloid to pay Mosley about $120,000US (60,000 pounds), saying that the method used to film him was an unlawful invasion of his private life. The tabloid tried to retaliate by claiming life and for then claiming that he was some sort of Nazi sympathizer just because he dressed a certain way at a private party. You know…tabloid stuff.<br /><br />(Original story here which also contains Mosley's attorneys' full comments <a class="e-url" href="http://raelianews.org/comment.php?comment.news.313)" rel="external">http://raelianews.org/comment.php?comment.news.313)</a> <br /><br />After his successful suit, Max is taking things a step further in trying to change the privacy laws in the U.K. His lawyers confirmed Max has also issued an application to the European Court of Human Rights, in the hope that UK's privacy laws will be changed. The full statement from Mosley’s attorneys ((found on <a class="e-url" href="http://www.autosport.com)" rel="external">www.autosport.com)</a> ) and shows that not only that the tabloid, which acted like any other “freedom without responsibility” media, knew very well what they were doing in not informing Mosley about the upcoming release of their article and video on his private life. The editor of the NOTW admitted freely in court that they did not inform Mosley because they did not want him to have a chance to go to a judge to get an injunction to prevent its release.<br /><br />Rael commented “This is a very important obligation that should be respected by all media in all countries: to inform the people they will write about before publication in order to give them the possibility to get an injunction from a judge stopping the publication. This is extremely important because even if the victim wins damages in court from the “mediashit” companies (that are absolutely everywhere), the moral and character damage has already been done to the person since the media’s lies stay forever in the mind of the public, poisoning the public opinion conditioned by these liars.”<br /><br />Whether it’s about Max Mosley, the Mormon group who had their children taken from them earlier this year, the lies spread about celebrities or the lies spread by the media about Raelians – all cause great personal difficulty for thousands of people only in order to sell more papers or get higher ratings on the 6 O’clock news. The fact is that once the media put the lie out there, the damage cannot be undone. <br /><br />Similarly, as you might have read here a few months ago, the Raelian Movement in the US has filed a lawsuit against 2 men who fished such lies from assorted media, added more lies to them and posted terrible things about us. This is the usual way – a rumor gets started and people add to it every time it is repeated until it is impossible to reverse the damages. One of the 2 men named in the suit even fled to Egypt in order to avoid it. He is gone but the damage is done, and we hope to right this wrong as much as possible in court with his partner who remained behind, left holding the bag and is now lying to the court now saying that he had nothing to do with it – while we have signed confessions from him, a signed contract from him, many witnesses as well as his testifying on Fox news that he did it - and at least 10 other proofs that he did exactly what we said he did. His name is Joseph McGowan from Indianapolis, Indiana and we advise that no one get involved with him.<br /><br />And don’t forget - in the first article we posted about Mr. Mosley’s court victory, we also mentioned a site which Rael recently founded whose goals are to expose the ways in which the media manipulates readers/viewers. This site is just starting and will soon be given a new format but you can get an idea of the direction it will be taking. <a class="e-url" href="http://www.mediashit.org" rel="external">www.mediashit.org</a>  <br /><br /><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Israeli Nuclear Weapons</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/israel_map.jpg' width="" alt="Israel Map" title="Israel Map" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />The International Atomic Energy Agency convened earlier this week in Vienna, Austria which, among several points to be addressed was nuclear programs in the Mideast. It has been assumed for decades that Israel possesses nuclear weapons, making them. Since they are the only Mideast nation to possess nukes, the topic even being raised was an indirect criticism of Israel’s nuclear policy. The meeting consisted of 145 nations and voted for a resolution urging all nations to open their nuclear activities to outside inspection and work toward the establishment of a Mideast nuclear weapons free zone, which Israel has thus far refused. <br /><br />Being the only nuclear power in the Mideast, it’s not hard to understand why the Iranian delegate to the meeting said Israel's nuclear capabilities represent a "serious and continued threat to the security of neighboring and other states." He additionally criticized the United States and other Western supporters of Israel for their "shameful silence" on Israel's atomic arsenal.<br /><br />Rael agreed when he said “…with such a double standard, no one should be surprised that most Muslim nations are anti-American and anti-European. The US and Europe are saying that it is ok that they and Israel have nuclear weapons but no one else. If the roles were reversed we can be very sure they would feel differently.”<br /><br />Many Americans and Europeans are always asking themselves “Why do some of the Muslims hate us”. Maybe it’s fear, not hate.<br /><br />There is, however, some good news coming from this meeting. There was a big difference in the vote last year compared to the vote this year, showing that opinions are really changing. This week, delegations had so far voted 82-0 for establishing the Mideast nuclear weapons free zone, with Israel, Syria and the U.S. among those abstaining. Last year it was 53 in favor, the U.S. and Israel against, and 47 abstentions. That’s a step in the right direction and it’s great that more countries are starting to put pressure on the countries which have nukes but don’t want others to have them.  Is it one step closer to total disarmament? It <em class='bbcode italic bbcode-i'>could be </em>– and we hope so. <br /><br /><br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Rael congratulates King of Swaziland for 40th anniversary celebrations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/mswati1.jpg' width="" alt="Mswati1" title="Mswati1" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />A recent  BBC report criticized the king of Swaziland's lavish style of celebration, saying, "One of the world's last remaining monarchs, King Mswati III of Swaziland, has held lavish celebrations to mark his 40th birthday and 40 years of independence from Britain."<br /><br />Upon hearing the negative report, Rael sent his support and congratulations to His Majesty, King Mswati. <br />He had this to say about Mswati's critics:<br /><br />"They're showing themselves to be the same neo-colonialist critics of African leaders who remain silent while much larger amounts of money are given to other leaders -- for example, to the Queen and the rest of the British royal family --- when there are thousands of homeless people in the United Kingdom."<br />Rael added, "Of course, a black king is someone to be ridiculed just because he is black, while a white queen is a matter of respect. This is the double standard at its worst."<br /><br />Mswati has been attacked in the media for celebrating when poverty, AIDS and other woes are widespread in his country, with critics saying money could have been better spent elsewhere, especially for education, health and saving lives. <br /><br />"I think the nation can celebrate the achievements of the past 40 years," said Percy Simeline, a UK government spokesman.<br /><br />"The [Western] press reports about Swaziland and its king are quite unfair," said Ditalamane Hebie, a Raelian bishop and agricultural economist teaching at the University of Burkina Faso. "It's as if celebrations shouldn't be permitted in Africa, even for a head of state or a king. But one can visit this kingdom and see that the level of social and economic infrastructure in Swaziland's rural areas is better by far than those in any of the African countries in which the political regimes have kept up ties with their former colonial powers.”<br /><br />Hebie added,“The press is deliberately portraying this kingdom [Swaziland] in a negative way. "But it's actually an example and guardian of authentic African culture and tradition."<br /><br /><br />Eric Bolou, a Raelian guide of African origins living in London, agreed that Western criticism of Mswati is unjustified, and hypocritical as well.<br /><br />“The Queen of England's Golden Jubilee commemorating her 50 year-reign was celebrated in luxurious style for months in 2002 in all the Commonwealth countries, even while a growing poverty was noticeable in England, Kenya, Uganda and Sierra Leone - to mention just a few places," Bolus said. "Yet no one dared to make a negative comment then.”<br /><br />He said the Western world takes any opportunity to determine and control the way African countries are led.<br />"Critics are even suggesting a state-led democracy to replace the monarchy, but what do we have in England -- a monarchy!" he said. "This is yet another double standard."<br />Rael has stated in his speeches that he favors the creation of a new Kama (the traditional name for pre-colonial Africa), saying,"Traditional leaders are the engines of the African political revolution." <br /><br />He has urged Africans to "take your destiny into your own hands by rejecting altogether the structure that has been imposed on you by force, whether political, religious or cultural." Rael has also called all Africans to launch "a true decolonization, consisting of putting Africa back to the state it was in before being polluted politically by colonization."<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Pole dancing is art</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img src='/e107_images/newspost_images/poldancing.jpg' width="" alt="Poldancing" title="Poldancing" class="img-rounded rounded bbcode bbcode-img"  />A woman sues to operate dance studio in Pennsylvania.<br /><br />Stephanie Babines has filed a lawsuit for being denied the right to open a pole-dancing studio in Adams Township, Pennsylvania.<br />Officials denied the occupancy permit based on grounds that it was a "sexually oriented" business, even though men aren't allowed to attend classes and the exercises are done while being clothed. No spectators are allowed. Her studio, Oh My You're Gorgeous also teaches Tribal Fusion, belly dancing, salsa dancing and hula dancing.<br />She alleges that municipal officials don't approve of the type of dancing she's teaching, so they've throttled her right to conduct business.<br /><br />Here is yet another example of some American Puritanism trying to censor an expression of sensual art form when really pole dancing has been around for quite some time as for example in the late 1920’s at the height of the American depression.<br />Back then; traveling fairs were touring the country to entertain the crowds in a large tent while many different sideshows would also take place in much smaller tents surrounding the main attraction.<br />One of the sideshow’s performance were the Erotic Hoochi Coochi dancers which name originates from the hip movement performed by the dancers and also derived from the French word “couche”, to lay down.<br />These entertainers would perform in a rather suggestive manner on a small stage while the crowd would cheer generously. The dancer would also perform very close to the small tent’s poles, which at some point they started to use as well.<br />The pole tents became then known as the dance pole that then evolved to bars as burlesque in the 1050’s and it is only in the 1980’s that pole dancing and strip tease really boomed in Canada and then the USA.<br /><br /><br />Today pole dance is more than just a practice used by exotic dancers since pole dancing classes are being offered virtually around the world thus evolving as a more “socially accepted” form of fitness through body and art expression.<br /><br />One of the Adams Township official testified that even though the dance instruction did not involve nudity and there would be no audience, the dance styles Mrs Babines wishes to teach are “provocative” and involve sexual “innuendo.”<br /><br />Hmm…is this why pole dancing has always been considered a “dirty thing”??<br />And why should it not be acceptable to integrate sensuality and eroticism in our lives and exercise routine??<br /><br />Once again that good old Judeo-Christian prejudice against experiencing and in this case teaching anything close to embracing our own sensuality may play an important role here.<br />But wait, what about the “sexual innuendo” already found in other “respectable places”?<br />What about these health clubs and dance studios teaching the "Slow Grind" (mild version of a lap dance)? Is this a more appropriate place?<br />How about when at the gym, women have their posteriors placed in such ways that it is generating sudden attention from the opposite sex and which is called Pilates? Is this a more respectable practice?<br />Or perhaps when enjoying a super juicy hamburger at a place called “Hooters”? Aren’t these chains of restaurants filled with sexy young women wearing very tight shirts, generously gifted on the upper area and which legs are being exposed quite plentifully? There seems to be no problem there, right? <br />Are we not indulged into eroticism, sensuality and sexual innuendo when we frequent these places?  <br /><br />By all means, all of the above are perfectly healthy to practice and to be around, so why should a pole dance studio offering classes to explore one’s sensuality and eroticism in more depth, amongst women only, be subject to such controversy??<br /><br />The fitness and eroticism that comes from practicing these types of exercises skills allow women to let their intuitive body take over the workout. They not only harmonize their bodies but also their minds through the pleasure they feel during the sessions.<br />This type of exercises, or as some refers to it as “Sensual Yoga”, is about looking at the world at a different angle, where grace and elegance merge in complete harmony with strength and power. It is all about positive female empowerment and being sexy at the same time.<br />It teaches women to embody who they are by discovering their inner and outer beauty while owning their sensuality and femininity.<br /><br />Raelians support sensual and sexual freedom and most specifically non-conformism in every aspect of our lives.<br />The expression of sensuality through our bodies is the vehicle of love toward oneself and others.<br />The Prophet Rael says;” The awakening of the body is linked with the awakening of the mind, therefore it is important to explore every sensual aspect of who you are as a person and how you can emphasize to feel pleasure through your body in order to feel complete and happy as a person allowing a perfect balance in your mind.<br />Sensuality, the be sensual, means to let your environment give you pleasure because pleasure is the fertilizer that opens up the mind.”<br /><br />Also, as described by this news article below, some countries are anything but “uptight” about education.<br /><br />“In some parts of the world, they have realized that starting young people on a path of serious body work can help maintain fitness throughout ones adolescence and better prepare the young adult for a lifelong desire for fitness. Starting young people on an exercise regime that best suits them is what’s important, so how you integrate that is up to you but this year word is out that some schools in England now are urging children as young as 12 into some pole dancing lessons.”<br /><br />Pole dancing is a form of art, which gives tremendous pleasure to anyone who likes to practice it, like anything else. Pleasure in turn unleash our creative and joyful beings and allows for better and happier lives, better compassion toward others, bigger dreams and healthier society <br /><br />Florence Laudoyer, a happy pole dancer...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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