For centuries, humanity has been debating on the origin and meaning of life. From theories such as evolution, Gods and Goddesses or a higher power, such as one God. Scientist have given out theories on the origin of life such as the big bang theory. Some religions have accepted the concept and have developed their own explanations for it. For example, Christianity has explained the big bang as God creating light on earth where God in the bible says “…Let there be light, and there was light (Genesis 1:3).” Over the years new theories have come up as well as new religious movements that have formed along with those theories. One of those religious movements have explained the beginning of life as an experiment created by extraterrestrials. The well-known religious movement that has stated the theory of …show more content…
The biggest initiation rite in the Raëlian Church is baptism also known as the transmission of the cellular plan. The rite can only be performed by an upper-level member in the Raëlian guides structure. The Raëlian baptism is known as transmission of the cellular plan where "cellular" refers to the organic cells of the body and the "plan" to the genetic makeup of the individual. Raëlian baptism involves a guide member laying water onto the forehead of the new member (Mooney). The practice began on the first Sunday in April. Baptisms can only be performed on four special days in the year. The four specific dates are August 6, the day when the atomic bomb hit in Hiroshima in 1945, December 13, the day that Raël claimed he had his first encounter with one of the extraterrestrial Elohim, October 7 another day where Rael encountered the Elohim but in a spacecraft and had dinner with Jesus, Buddha, and other religious figures and lastly the first Sunday in April; Raëlians believe that this date is the day when dark-skinned extraterrestrials created Adam and Eve