Rapture: How Biotech Became The New Religion

Rapture: How Biotech Became The New Religion

DEFINING TERMS:

Rapture: Comes from the latin word raptus, meaning to be seized. The "Rapture" is generally a Christian concept of being taken to heaven upon a second return of Jesus Christ to Earth.

Biotech: Short for biotechnology, is any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use.

Religion: a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.