…the Raelians start calling you out.
Most people probably know the Raelians from their claim in 2002 to have cloned a human baby, named, of course, Eve. Raelians believe that humans were created in a laboratory far, far away by aliens. Hopefully, they were nice ones, like E.T., and not nasty, like that fatty Jabba the Hutt.
On Thursday, the Raelians said they’ve been doing other things, too, like “exposing the crimes of the Catholic clergy.” Now Ricky Roehr, the Raelian Movement’s North American leader, says the Vatican should no longer be recognized as a sovereign state.
“It’s disturbing to realize that although my country didn’t hesitate to occupy a sovereign state like Iraq for a crime it didn’t commit, it still recognizes the sovereignty of a piece of land in the middle of Rome led by a man who has repeatedly denied assistance to abused children,” Roehr said.
Roehr also said, according to the press release, that “Raelians have always suggested that members of any religion apostatize (officially depart) from that religion if it doesn’t respect the right to be gay, use birth control, be pro-abortion or make any other lifestyle choice.”
In response, the Catholic Church said: What’s a Raelian?*
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*I made that up.