Raëlians believe that humanity has at various points in history been visited by extraterrestrials.
The people of ancient and modern times confused the aliens’ technology and power as “divine” and thus based spiritual movements on these experiences, forming religions throughout history.
Raëliasm, then, rejects the idea of supernatural beings, instead claiming that these aliens simply had far greater technology than humans.
Raël founded “Clonaid” in 1997, a venture to clone a human child, and its bishop (Brigitte Boisseleir) claimed to have successfully cloned a child in 2002 and again in 2003, attracting international media attention.
That could work
Not so sure about this one though
John Humphrey Noyes founded the
Oneida Community in 1848 in Oneida, New York.
They were a Utopian commune that believed that Jesus had returned to the Earth in the year 70 and, as such,
they could achieve spiritual perfection in this life in addition to Heaven.
They practiced “Complex Marriage”, a system in which all members of the community were married to each other simultaneously.
One could achieve higher spiritual merit by having sexual intercourse with older, wiser (and thus more spiritually attuned) members of the community.
oh I am certainly not googling that nonsense, people following a faith/religion made up in a film staring Harrison Ford no sireee bob.
Although Han Solo said
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."