On May 5, 8:09 am, Modemac <mode...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Contact: The SubGenius Foundation, Inc. 1-216-320-9528
> Fax: (216) 320-9528
> st...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 5, 2008: The Church of the SubGenius has
> announced that the end of the world will take place in precisely
> thirty days, on Thursday, July 5, 2008. In preparation for the
> fulfillment of this doomsday prophecy, the Church has issued a call to
> all of its members, to participate in a festival with rock concerts
> and blasphemous rituals taking place in upstate New York, during the
> final weekend before the arrival of the apocalypse.
>
> The Church of the SubGenius is a popular organization often seen as a
> "parody" of religious cults, including Scientology, the Raelians, the
> Unification Church, and racist hate groups such as Christian Identity.
> The organization is widely seen as a satire that mocks organized
> religion, or as the church describes itself, "a cynisacreligion."
>
> 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 *** 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, 2008
> 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.
>
> The Church has been engaged in a massive recruitment campaign to
> increase the numbers of its member****p before the arrival of the
> Xists. According to Church records, the organization currently has
> approximately 100,000 members worldwide. SubGenius recruitment has
> been especially dedicated among the ranks of people who refuse to
> conform to the norms of society, including disbelievers, blasphemers,
> pranksters, rebels, hackers, ****ographers, geeks, and outcasts.
>
> The Church is seeking underground bands, indie rockers, performance
> artists, and performers and producers from the adult entertainment
> industry, because ***ual freedom has been an im****tant part of Church
> doctrine from the start. X-Day will be a celebration of free
> expression, performance art, rock and roll, ****ography, and adult
> entertainment; and certain parts of the event will be restricted to
> adults only. Only ordained ministers of the Church of the SubGenius
> are allowed at the event, but the Church is accepting member****ps at
> its standard rate of $30 up until the final hours of July 4.
>
> The Church of the SubGenius has been no stranger to controversy since
> its foundation, and the upcoming X-Day celebration promises to be no
> different. In the late 1980s, members of the Church were accused of
> spreading a virus in Macintosh computers known as the "Peace Virus."
> Numerous articles have been written on the Church in such noteworthy
> publications as the New York Times, Wa****ngton Post, Wired Online,
> Boston Globe, U.S. News and World Re****t; and broadcast re****ts have
> been produced by CNN and NPR. In April 1999, officials of the city of
> Cambridge, Massachusetts shut down an official SubGenius Devival
> gathering in the belief that the Church was affiliated with the
> Trenchcoat Mafia (the organization blamed for the Columbine high
> school shootings), though authorities later realized the association
> was mistaken. In its January 1, 2000 issue, a Time magazine poll
> declared J.R. "Bob" Dobbs the biggest fraud of the 20th century.
>
> The Church received additional media attention in 2006 when one of its
> high-ranking members, known in SubGenius circles as Reverend Mary
> Magdalen, became involved in a legal battle for custody of her son due
> to her member****p in the Church. This case has been covered in such
> popular online sites as Boing Boing, Fark, and Wikinews (Wikipedia's
> news re****ting service). Reverend Magdalen is being represented by the
> law firm of Lipsitz Green Fahringer Roll Salisbury & Cambria, LLP.
>
> When the mysterious group "ANONYMOUS" delcared war against the Church
> of Scientology in 2008, the Church of the SubGenius responded with a
> declaration of solidarity with the hackers on steroids =96 and an
> invitation to the legions of ANONYMOUS to join the Church in New York
> to prepare for X-Day.
>
> Detailed information about X-Day can be found on the World Wide Web at
> the X-Day Web site:
>
> http://www.modemac.com/x-day
>
> The official home page of the Church of the SubGenius can be found at:
>
> http://www.subgenius.com
>
> Reverend Mary Magdalen's custody case:
>
> http://www.modemac.com/wiki/Reverend_Magdalen
>
> Message to ANONYMOUS from the Church of the SubGenius:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1rPfHOwxhhg
>
> Photographers, entertainers, production companies, radio broadcasters,
> and all media producers are encouraged to contact the Church at its
> Cleveland, Ohio headquarters at 1-216-320-9528.
I'm sorry - Cow #283 will be in labor that day, can't attend.
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