IV.   Faith

Rapture is a fictional mythology created in early 19th Century whereby it is claimed it is possible to defy the laws of physics, logic and reason in the bodily translation of a group of living people, from earth to heaven prior to some cataclysmic event associated with the End of Days.

The concept of Rapture as first extended by Cult leader John Nelson Darby around 1830 onwards was the extension of the dogma of Assumption to all those deemed worthy, combined with the promotion of extreme fear and panic that with the coming of the End of the World will be some disastrous events. Since then, there have been many dozens of false End of the World days claimed by Rapture Cults.

Like the dogma of Assumption, the concept of Rapture rests on a number of primitive, ignorant and false superstitious presumptions, including:

(i) Heaven is a physical location separate from the planet that is connected by the sky; and

(ii) The body does not need to be protected from external forces or inside some vehicle during its travel to “heaven”; and

(iii) The physical body in Earth is equivalent in some way to the “body” used in Heaven;

(iv) The laws that govern existence of the universe can be easily suspended by a supreme deity in raising a body up into the atmosphere without any other external force.

Despite the primitive, ignorant and false superstitious nature of the concept of Rapture and the fact that it was never doctrine of the Roman Cult or any Christian Faith until Cult leader Darby in the 19th Century, the popularity of Rapture has made it a mainstream fixture of many Christian Religions and Cults.

As the concept of Rapture promotes ignorance, while hiding the historical connection to certain sites and earlier beliefs, the dogma is forbidden, considered false and not to be revived.