# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/101 "2004-04-06T01:51:41Z")
Damn, I KNEW there was something I forgot to do today! We’ll have to party without the blowup dolls. ---
**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, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/102 "2004-04-06T02:53:46Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > 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? he hee. Yes, they Start their set, but they may not finish it! ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/103 "2004-04-06T07:57:00Z")
Hm… I started reading this thread without knowing the date, not knowing it should already be done. Roughly same time next year? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/104 "2004-04-06T08:28:46Z")
> [@Tinkertoy](#): > > From the website > > Can anyone loan me enough money to get out of debt? I can, but it’ll cost ya. Anyway, I think the rapture really did happen yesterday, but nobody qualified to be raptured. Maybe one or two guys - has anybody seen his4ever lately? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/105 "2004-04-06T11:39:39Z")
Well, did anyone get Raptured? Even to the old Blondie Song? News Reports, people, we need reports. I think my husband was raptured…oh wait…he went to work early. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/106 "2004-04-06T12:02:21Z")
> [@](#): > > I just hope there’s enough people good enough to rapture that this will open up the job market. The rapture has been outsourced to India. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/107 "2004-04-06T16:46:05Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Well, did anyone get Raptured? > > Even to the old Blondie Song? > > News Reports, people, we need reports. > > I think my husband was raptured…oh wait…he went to work early. No, but I did run across a man from Mars who tried to eat my car. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/108 "2004-04-06T17:00:23Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Well, did anyone get Raptured? I thought I did, but unless Jesus is a 3 foot high, green, creature with antenna and a fetish for putting steel probes in my ass, I’m guessing I wasn’t. Still, it was fun… ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/109 "2004-04-06T17:06:01Z")
Apparently he’s revised the date to next year. I had to email and ask what happened yesterday. > [@](#): > > I happened to be presumptuous again as I was last year. > Prior to April 5, 2004, I was very sure that God’s Day would occur. Then, > when it did not happen, I looked carefully at the Spiritual Significance of the > numbers associated with Preparation Day for Passover 2005. The number for the > year will be “7” and the age of the generation of the fig tree will be 57 or > “12.” > > The number Seven stands for Spiritual Perfection and the number Twelve stands > for Governmental Perfection. When I considered those numbers, I realized > that is exactly what God, my Father, is looking for. A Kingdom populated with > Christians and governed by spiritually perfect leaders. I don’t know why 7 or 12 stands for what he says they do. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/110 "2004-04-06T17:09:32Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Well, did anyone get Raptured? > > Even to the old Blondie Song? > > News Reports, people, we need reports. > > I think my husband was raptured…oh wait…he went to work early. I got raptured - oh that’s not what you meant? Carry on… ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/111 "2004-04-06T17:29:55Z")
So…God doesn’t want us to bring pie, he wants us to bring 7 12y.o. fig trees?? I’m so confused… ---
**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, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/112 "2004-04-06T17:39:23Z")
The “rupture” didn’t even happen! ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/113 "2004-04-09T22:16:46Z")
Now here is a strange thing. I just bought one of those “fighting fish” for my 10 gallon tank last weekend. Monday I noticed he was missing,… gone, vanished, history. Not in the tank, not on the floor, not in the belly of the only other fish in the tank -a small catfish. So it seems the **Rapture** did happen, but it was only the **Beta** version. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/114 "2004-04-09T22:22:03Z")
> [@Seven](#): > > So it seems the **Rapture** did happen, but it was only the **Beta** version. ::groan:: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/115 "2004-04-09T22:25:53Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Apparently he’s revised the date to next year. I’ll be honest. Stuff like this is really starting to make me question this guy’s credibility. ---
**Author:** ![Inoshiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9adbd/32.png) [@Inoshiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inoshiro)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/116 "2004-04-10T02:34:31Z")
I not only missed the rapture but I didn’t even see this thread until today. Is there like an after-after-rapture party or something? ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/117 "2004-04-10T21:09:50Z")
> [@Seven](#): > > So it seems the **Rapture** did happen, but it was only the **Beta** version. And the water flows silently through the roots of millions of annoying desk plants everywhere… TeeHee FB ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/118 "2004-04-11T00:13:21Z")
Maybe we should send a card to this guy: Better Luck Next Year. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rapture-date-has-been-set-april-5-2004-massive-doper-bacchanal-schd-april-6/227931/119 "2004-04-11T10:44:58Z")
This just in. I found my fish. Well, what’s left of him. It seems the catfish had been eating on him. So I guess no Rapture at all. [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=5)