# New Rapture Date has been set: April 5, 2004. Massive Doper Bacchanal Schd. April 6. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931 "2004-02-07T01:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/81 "2004-04-05T18:28:41Z")
> [@NotMrKnowItAll](#): > > Well huh, my paramour’s birthday. How funny: that’s my wife’s birthday, too. _:thinks about it_ Hey, WAITaminute… Daniel ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/82 "2004-04-05T19:18:21Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > No, **I’m** Jesus. Personally, I’m Tiger Woods, so it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/83 "2004-04-05T19:19:32Z")
This reminds me of a time when my parents – devout Mormons – came to visit me in Florida. I took them to a State Park which consists of an old plantation converted into gardens that people can walk around and check out. Near the entrance is a time-capsule, buried under the sidewalk, with the caption, “to be opened [some random date], 2007.” (Or whatever the year was – it’s to be opened a few years from now. Oh, and this was at least 3-4 years ago.) My dad, normally a thinking, intelligent human being, stops dead in his tracks, reads the plaque and says, “Um. I’m pretty sure that the Second Coming is going to happen before that.” And off we go for our garden tour. I nearly laughed out loud until I caught a glimpse of his face and realized – remembered – that _he actually believes this claptrap!_ Out of respect for my dad, I stifled my derision, but if it had been anyone else making the remark, I’d still be harrassing them. Anywho… Who wants some Rice Krispy Marshmallow Treats? ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/84 "2004-04-05T20:02:34Z")
All these yummy Easter treats mentioned, and nobody thought to bring Cadbury Eggs??? I think that’s grounds to not be raptured right there! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/85 "2004-04-05T20:11:10Z")
Sports are supposed to stop being played, right? Or something to that effect? Cuz I’m sitting here watching Reds-Cubs, seventh inning. Am I merely being deceived? Alternately, is there baseball in heaven, assuming I was raptured in my sleep? [sub]Forget having my car, nobody would want it. It has enough trouble actually starting … though it is paid off.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/86 "2004-04-05T20:16:45Z")
Two and a half hours left to go, here, and I’m still earthbound. Oh, well. I only said I was a practising Christian, I never said I was any good at it … Oddly enough, I was out shopping this morning, and Borders did look a bit empty. HMV, though, was as full as usual. Make of that what you will. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/87 "2004-04-05T20:23:03Z")
> [@Steve Wright](#): > > Oh, well. I only said I was a practising Christian, I never said I was any good at it … Guess you just need more practice… ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/88 "2004-04-05T20:33:31Z")
Darn it, and I already told my friends that should I ever disappear mysteriously, the Rapture is **not** the first conclusion they should come to. How am I supposed to scare them into piety now? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/89 "2004-04-05T21:46:03Z")
Amazing! The guy in the office across the hall has just disap ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/90 "2004-04-05T22:17:13Z")
Well I’m just sittin’ around waiting for the Rapture, or the party (whichever comes last). In the meantime, I just wanted to mention that I read this post as > [@GMRyujin](#): > > I thought it was **Virgin** that had the reclining, mostly private seats? [sub]bolding mine[/sub] having something to do with The Virgin[sup]TM[/sup]. And you know, that just seems wrong, even for this atheist. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/91 "2004-04-05T22:37:28Z")
Sports haven’t stopped yet, but the Tigers did win 7-0 today. _looks out window nervously_ ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/92 "2004-04-05T23:09:15Z")
Past midnight. Still here. Bollocks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/93 "2004-04-05T23:15:58Z")
> [@Lady Ice](#): > > Sports haven’t stopped yet, but the Tigers did win 7-0 today. > > _looks out window nervously_ Well see, that just means Hell’s frozen over. “It’ll be a cold day in Hell when the Tigers are good.” Nothing in there about rapture, though … I guess you _could_ infer that the cold is due to a lack of bodies. And they have to go somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/94 "2004-04-05T23:23:50Z")
I dunno, sounds like a sign of the apocalypse to ME… ---
**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:** [April 5, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/95 "2004-04-05T23:41:16Z")
I just hope there’s enough people good enough to rapture that this will open up the job market. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/96 "2004-04-05T23:50:05Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I think it was **RTFirefly** who goes around claiming that the Rapture happened about thirty years back, but the only one taken was Jimmy Hoffa. > > Which would mean that God is a Mafia _capo_. > > Who arranged a hit on His own Son. > > Regards, > Shodan You say that like it’s never happened before. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/97 "2004-04-06T00:05:56Z")
Well, it’s April 6 already in the more populated half of the world, from the Greenwich Meridian eastward to the International Date Line. Anybody missing yet over there? Here in the USA, I’m wondering if God goes by standard or daylight time. **Shodan** , you remember correctly. Hey, nobody’s ever seen any trace of Hoffa, so you never know. I’m a born-again Christian who’s a skeptic about the Rapture. So does that mean I stay or I go? Personally, I hope God’s designed the Rapture so that you get Raptured if and only if you believe in it. It’ll make for a much better party the day after! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/98 "2004-04-06T00:20:45Z")
you “humorous” people who don’t finish typing a word to make it look like you were raptured-forget it! If you **were** , you wouldn’t have been hitting the submit key! So there! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/99 "2004-04-06T00:34:17Z")
Ha! Well, **vanilla** , that’s why you haven’t seen any of _my_ posts in this thread. Oh Wait. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/100 "2004-04-06T01:26:19Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > you “humorous” people who don’t finish typing a word to make it look like you were raptured-forget it! > If you **were** , you wouldn’t have been hitting the submit key! > So there! > 😛 I see you didn’t get the memo. Rapture causes a “submit reply” signal to be generated on all “worthy” computers. Now that I came all the way _back_ here to educate you, I think I’ll just stick around for the party. Did the _ **Solid Chocolate Rapture Bunnies** _ start their set yet? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931.md?page=6)