not too many of the noi people who lived past the 60's and 70's believed that stuff anymore. I had an adult friend when i was a teen, nice man, who was a follower of Elijah's and his take was that he had to spout the bullshit to counter and shake up his followers. Alot of it he still believed though, i remember, following my stepdads lead, i was talking shit about Elijah and my muslim friend said not to do that because I'd bring a curse on myself, i was only 13 and the shit spooked me but my stepdad said "don't believe that shit". A lot of the noi's teachers were helpful to a lot of people but much of it was bullshit. One very interesting thing this old muslim told me, was that white people were named "caucasian" which mean "stench of the earth" in, I think it was arabic but I can't be sure. It's interesting because the word "caca" means shit in spanish but either way, i've never been able to find much information on the etymology of the word other than being named after a the mountain range.