Skeptoid #59: Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked?

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Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2007

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.

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0:00.0	Free love, nudity, and space aliens.
0:06.9	Who doesn't love all that?
0:09.0	One group decided to walk the walk, instead of just talking the talk, and made those things
0:14.4	features of their new religion, called realism.
0:18.4	They believe humans were created by an alien race.
0:22.2	Today we're going to learn about their mysterious founder, and find out just why they all like
0:27.6	to be naked.
0:29.4	The Raylions are coming up next, on Skeptoid.
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