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prominently used. Not exclusively used. Its connotations, however, are mostly anti-Semitic and is primarily associated with Nazis. — VORTEX3427 (Talk!) 05:43, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Its connotations, however, are mostly anti-Semitic and is primarily associated with Nazis...in the western world. This doesn't necessarily hold true in other parts of world, e.g. Asia. Beware systemic bias. 73.239.149.166 (talk) 21:18, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The symbol at the beginning of this article includes the Swastika variant of the logo, captioned "The Raëlan symbol". However, later in the article it clearly states that they switched from the old logo (containing the Swastika) to a new logo (containing a spiral) in order to avoid false assumptions towards their religion. Not only is the header image for this article outdated, it may lead to some false and hasty assumptions regarding the "symbol that had been prominently used by Germany's Nazi[s]..." being embedded at the center of their logo. Infectiontag (talk) 03:31, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This is covered quite plainly in the article, with sources:
From 1991 to 2007, the official Raëlian symbol in Europe and America did not have the original swastika, but Raël decided to make the original symbol, the Star of David intertwined with a swastika, the only official symbol of the Raëlian Movement worldwide.
The Swastika-containing logo was changed because at the time they (the Raelians) were trying to establish an embassy in Jerusalem and for obvious reasons this was a non-starter. Note however, that other religious movements such as Theosophy that also use the Swastika have a presence in Israel. The latter is tolerated I think because these movements pre-date Nazism and the Swastika in these contexts don't hold the same type of negative connotation. It seems foolish and antagonistic to chose this symbol in the modern era though, if one were choosing a symbol for a new religion. Valgrus Thunderaxe (talk) 12:00, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The page currently gives "/ˈreɪlɪzəm/", "/reɪl/". As I just brought up on Raël's talk page, I see no reason why the English pronunciation of this name should be homophone with "rail", when it clearly has a diaeresis over the e and thus should be pronounced homophone with "ra el" (like the two gods Ra and El), or like the last part of "Israel"—from which it is allegedly derived. However, I accept sometimes English pronunciations are just wacky. So, it seems to me like we need some good and representative sources for this part... Dingolover6969 (talk) 11:39, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This is a REALLY good question. I went digging and I'll be damned if I can find a WP:RS on this. No dictionary seems to have it, YouTube pronunciation videos (which aren't RS anyway) are all over the place, and the Raelism website doesn't explicitly say. The best I could do was dig up some videos of Claude Vorilhon doing seminars and it would SEEM like he's saying /ˈreɪlɪən/ when speaking English, but I'm also hearing it through a thick French accent. Frankly, given that there are no WP:RS I can find on this, I would be just fine if the IPA just disappeared. 24.22.161.114 (talk) 21:17, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, thanks for looking! Interesting findings. I've thrown some [citation needed]s up on the IPAs because we need some, but I currently have no opinion about whether they should stay or go. Perhaps if you could link me the Claude Vorilhon seminars I could take a listen to them. Dingolover6969 (talk) 06:44, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
do they understand that cloning is not resurrection or eternal life? The clone is just your identical twin living its own life with a personality molded by its own experiences and memories... Do they envisage that the donor also performs some kind of brain dump onto the clone body? 2A01:CB0C:1704:9A00:E467:7C49:5293:F2D5 (talk) 20:35, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
