Universe People

Universe People or Cosmic People of Light Powers (Czech: Vesmírní lidé sil světla) is a Czech and Slovak UFO religion founded in the 1990s and centered on Ivo A. Benda.[1] Their belief system is based upon the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations communicating with Benda and other contactees since October 1997 telepathically and later even by direct personal contact. They are considered to be the most distinctive UFO religion in the Czech Republic.[2]

Since at least 2007, they have distinctly opposed RFID chipping and warn against the human implantation thereof, which they claim is an attempt to enslave the human race.[3][4]

Following the mass suicide of the members of the cult Heaven's Gate in 1997, the Universe People attracted the attention of Czech media as a group with similar ideology and potential to commit similar acts.[5] The probability of this development has diminished in later years (2004). On several occasions, the group also managed to appear in the Czech and Slovak mass media.

  1. ^ Stephens, Lydia (21 January 2010). "The Gods Must Be Crazy: The World's Most Bizarre Religions and Cults". yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  2. ^ Ondráčková, Dominika J. "Sekty a nová náboženská hnutí – bezpečnostní hrozba?" (PDF) (in Czech). Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  3. ^ "Stop Chipping image by Universe People". web.archive.org. 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  4. ^ "EN - TALKS WITH TEACHINGS FROM MY COSMIC FRIENDS - space-people.org". web.archive.org. 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  5. ^ Vojtíšek (2004), p. 282