# Stop giving publicity to the Raelians until they put up with the evidence. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-publicity-to-the-raelians-until-they-put-up-with-the-evidence/146840 "2003-01-05T23:45:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-publicity-to-the-raelians-until-they-put-up-with-the-evidence/146840/21 "2003-01-09T21:38:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yme \* > \*\* > Look, I don’t like their claims either without proof. But don’t hang em’ right away. These things take time. \*\* How much time to do you think it takes to get a DNA sample? Swab a Q-tip on the inner cheek and you’re done. Or prick a finger and get drop of blood. And you don’t have to get the donor or clone to travel anywhere, I’m sure there are lots of people happy to go to them and take the samples. The only possible reason they need time is to figure out a way to fool the test. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-publicity-to-the-raelians-until-they-put-up-with-the-evidence/146840/22 "2003-01-09T23:37:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \* > \*\*Well hell, I’m game. Want to help me start up the Australian chapter of the Brewist Monk order I helped set up in Canada? > > Prime duties of accolytes include brewing and drinking beer, so it may be a bit of a hard sell… \*\* Hmm, sounds like adoration of beer (which is of course not in itself a bad thing) and insufficient adoration of their beloved leader, ie me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-publicity-to-the-raelians-until-they-put-up-with-the-evidence/146840/23 "2003-01-10T00:39:20Z")
Why are they cloning _ugly people???_ * * * Aw, shit on a door-knob! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-publicity-to-the-raelians-until-they-put-up-with-the-evidence/146840/24 "2003-01-10T01:15:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Why are they cloning ugly people??? Because all the Playboy bunnies are too smart to hook up with this group? ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-publicity-to-the-raelians-until-they-put-up-with-the-evidence/146840/25 "2003-01-10T01:24:44Z")
Actually, the more of this circus I see, the more convinced I am that the Raelians are right. The entire human race was in fact genetically engineered and set in motion on Earth by a superior species from space. Once they had us set up and rolling, they then left. What the Raelians don’t know is that these superior beings made us just smart enough to be able to create some fairly sophisticated technology, but not wise enough to really be able to manage it or ourselves, much less be a threat to our alien creators. They did it for FUN, you see. The way you might create a neighborhood full of weird people in “The Sims”. I imagine they’re getting their money’s worth, too… ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-publicity-to-the-raelians-until-they-put-up-with-the-evidence/146840/26 "2003-01-10T01:48:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wang-Ka \* > \*\* > I imagine they’re getting their money’s worth, too… \*\* Until we figure out how to get to their planet and enslave them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-publicity-to-the-raelians-until-they-put-up-with-the-evidence/146840.md?page=1)