5 July 2008: The End of The World

According to the sex crazed folks at the Church of the SubGenius, the end of the world will fall on 5th of July 2008. Mark your calendars everyone! From the news release:

The Church of the SubGenius has announced that the end of the world will take place on Saturday, July 5, 2008. In preparation for the fulfillment of this doomsday prophecy, the Church is requesting that all of its members participate in a bizarre religious ceremony taking place in upstate New York, during the final weekend before the arrival of the apocalypse.

Since its inception in 1953, Church founder J.R. "Bob" Dobbs has predicted that a fleet of flying saucers will arrive at the beginning of July to destroy the worldwide Conspiracy against the Church of the SubGenius, while all ordained SubGenius ministers will be rescued by escape vessels piloted by the Alien Sex Goddesses, also known as the Xists.

The Church is inviting all of its members worldwide to gather together for the final hours in Sherman, New York from Wednesday, July 2 to Sunday, July 6, at a clothing-optional outdoor campground called Brushwood Folklore Center. The first gathering at this compound took place in 1996, and the event has increased in size and participants each following year. 1998 was designated the first true "X-Day," and each successive year has added one to the total. This year's celebration in 2008 is X-Day 11, or X-Day XI.

Hey, the end of the world can't be that bad with Alien Sex Goddesses around aye! But something is telling me that come July 5 this year, the X-Day will come and go leaving behind lots of drunken, sex-charged, crazy ufo cult loving party-goers but no end of the world. Darn it! Oh well there's always X-Day 12 to look forward to.