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The Martians Are One-Staters

Raëlian Church gives left-wing historian its weird cult-y prize

by
Marc Tracy
March 18, 2011
The requested Elohim Embassy a.k.a. Third Temple. That appears to be a flying saucer in the background.(The Raelian Movement)
The requested Elohim Embassy a.k.a. Third Temple. That appears to be a flying saucer in the background.(The Raelian Movement)

The Raëlian Church—which believes, briefly, that humanity was created by extraterrestrials called Elohim (wonder where they got that?), and agrees with Judaism and Christianity that the Messiah will appear in modern-day Israel; there’s also lots of sex stuff—aw

She added, “The world has been manipulated far too long by the Jewish community. It uses guilt and fear to paralyze the public so people don’t denounce the obvious genocide Israel is perpetrating.” She did not, however, also blame the Jews for manipulating the public so as not to accept the obvious creation of mankind by extraterrestrials, so we’ve got that going for us. “There was only one reason to create the state of Israel,” she concluded. “To gather around the Messiah people who have the mission of peacefully welcoming those who created us.”

I reached Professor Pappé for comment. He declined. Which was probably the smart thing to do.

Rael Awards Ilan Pappe Honorary Guide Title [PR Newswire/Yahoo!]

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.