# When is Christ coming back? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 2, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753 "2005-12-02T16:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/21 "2005-12-02T21:22:54Z")
December 25th, 2005, at noon. Erek ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/22 "2005-12-02T22:09:36Z")
He’ll be back in 2443. Make sure your video collection has been transferred off tape by then. The timing of his later return as a sweet zombie is unclear. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/23 "2005-12-02T22:13:51Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > Calgary? No. According to my Canadian Leftist friends, that’s the location for the Anti-Christ. 😉 ::: waves hi to **Sam Stone** ::: ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/24 "2005-12-02T22:18:20Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] He’ll be back in 2443. [QUOTE] I’m sure this wasn’t intentional, but you’ve got me humming “In the Year 2525”. Intentional or not, I dang you to heck. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/25 "2005-12-02T22:19:36Z")
> [@Sam Kinison](#): > > So God is talking to Jesus and says “Hey man, it’s been like 2,000 years since you went down to Earth, how about another trip?” > And Jesus shows his hands to God and says “Sure, as soon as I can play the fucking piano again!” So, anyone heard any good sonata’s lately? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/26 "2005-12-02T22:21:56Z")
> [@VegaBean](#): > > I just saw that the DaVinci code says the world will end in 2060. I thought 2012 was the preferred date at the moment. Then again, the Mayans couldn’t see their own demise coming either. ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/27 "2005-12-02T22:21:15Z")
> [@VegaBean](#): > > I just saw that the DaVinci code says the world will end in 2060. You mean the book the “DaVinci Code” says that? Where? I don’t remember it at all. And the death calendar gives me the year 2068, so… I need to know, you know? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/28 "2005-12-02T22:25:10Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > December 25th, 2005, at noon. > > Erek Ah, crap. I had plans for that day. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/29 "2005-12-02T23:27:32Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > December 25th, 2005, at noon. > > Erek Actually, I’ve read that somewhere online as being THE day. If you happen to be right, expect a Lot of e mails… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/30 "2005-12-02T23:48:14Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > Intentional or not, I dang you to heck. Join the club. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/31 "2005-12-02T23:59:57Z")
Christ is coming back in 3…2…1… ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/32 "2005-12-03T00:27:26Z")
> [@Good Egg](#): > > Actually, I’ve read that somewhere online as being THE day. > > If you happen to be right, expect a Lot of e mails… I am right Erek ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/33 "2005-12-03T00:30:09Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > I thought 2012 was the preferred date at the moment. > > Then again, the Mayans couldn’t see their own demise coming either. December 21st 2012 is the apocalypse. So this year starts the 7 year cycle between now and then. Oh, and there are still mayans around. Only the empire fell. Erek ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/34 "2005-12-03T00:53:54Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > December 21st 2012 is the apocalypse. So this year starts the 7 year cycle between now and then. > > Oh, and there are still mayans around. Only the empire fell. > > Erek So I don’t have to worry about buying my brother a birthday present seven years from now? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/35 "2005-12-03T01:18:59Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > So I don’t have to worry about buying my brother a birthday present seven years from now? You don’t think he’ll still like presents after the Apocalypse? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/36 "2005-12-03T01:21:10Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > You don’t think he’ll still like presents after the Apocalypse? Well, maybe if I gift-wrap it real nicely, he’ll think the Apocalypse was from me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/37 "2005-12-03T01:23:41Z")
Damned if I know, dude. He said he was just going to run down to the Quik-Mart for a six but it’s been 45 fucking minutes! If he ditched us to go hang out with that skank from Central I’m going to be MAJORLY PISSED. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/38 "2005-12-03T01:24:06Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Well, maybe if I gift-wrap it real nicely, he’ll think the Apocalypse was from me. I don’t know what I’d think if my brother gave me the apocalypse for my birthday, besides, “Wait, I don’t have a brother.” ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/39 "2005-12-03T01:43:38Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > When is Christ coming back? This afternoon. Look busy. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753/40 "2005-12-03T05:23:58Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > December 25th, 2005, at noon. > > Erek Can you tell that to my sister-in-law? I really don’t want to have to travel to her place for Christmas lunch, so I’m looking for an excuse… mm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-christ-coming-back/333753.md?page=3)