Clonaid was founded by the Raelian religious sect, which claims 40,000 members and believes humans were created by extra-terrestrials who had mastered genetic engineering. Boisselier was in Brazil accompanying "Rael", or Claude Vorhilon, the former French motoring journalist who founded the sect in 1973, for the launch of the Portuguese versions of his books, "The Message Given to Me by Extra-Terrestrials" and "Yes to Human Cloning". Rael, who’s real name is Claude Vorilhon, a former French automobile journalist turned religious UFO cult leader. Besides this, and also the Raelian Religion attempt to clone human babies, the Raelian Religion has also been known for it`seccentric view of morality and ethics. |
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