August 22

[Horse with no Name]

This is the second time in two days I have heard this date.
Yesterday, I read it is "supposedly" the new date for the rapture.
Now today MSNBC just said it was "supposedly" the date that the Iranians are going to release their nuke (have to say it was a cool mushroom cloud graphic :eyes:.
So has the Rapture Right AND the Bush cabal coordinated their dates to maximize terror effectiveness?

What I found VERY interesting about the date:

1775 - King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion


Are we there yet?

[Avalux]

1. So we are to believe Iran has a nuke they can detonate??

Wow - how irresponsible to report that - the experts have said they aren't anywhere close to that. Mushroom cloud? Quick, time to invade!!

And would someone PLEASE tell the rapture idiots they can't keep picking and changing dates? :rofl:

[LSK]

2. they went from 16 tubes to thousands pretty damn fast

And how long did it take them to get to 16 tubes?

[Horse with no Name]

3. Yep

with a way cool mushroom cloud detonating in the background.
And I agree, very irresponsible.

[Bobbieo]

8. Maybe that is the date Bush will declare Iraq to be in a civil war.

Being an agnostic, I know nothing about the Rapture or even the Bible.

[Avalux]

11. about that rapture thing.

I'm agnostic now but raised Catholic - nowhere in the bible is the word "rapture". Paul wrote something that could be interpreted as such, but it's a huge stretch. Most significant is that the passage clearly states no one will know the day and time of Jesus's return. Even if you believe what the bible says, the rapture crowd has made up their own event and rules. They're nuts.

[Der Blaue Engel]

4. Most important fact about this date

It's my 40th birthday! :D

Anyone who tries to bomb or rapture anyone on my birthday is going to get a severe ass-kicking.

edited for grammar

[WilliamPitt]

5. Not the date they will release their nuke

The day Iran intends to respond to the UN about their nuke program.

[Horse with no Name]

6. Are you sure?

It is on the background and I turned around and saw the mushroom cloud--is that what Tucker said on the tease?

[WilliamPitt]

9. You're listening to Tucker?

There's your problem.

My understanding is that 8/22 is the day Mohammed ascended to heaven, according to Islam, and is also the day Iran is going to respond to the UN.

[Horse with no Name]

10. that's probably closer to the truth than what I heard

and yeah...I have MSNBC on--our cable doesn't really offer any decent alternatives.:(

[Howardx]

7. i think its also a significant date to islam

yeah

"He asserts that the Supreme National Security Council of Iran chose the August 22 date “for a very precise reason. August 21, 2006 (Rajab 27, 1427) is known in the Islamic calendar as the Night of the Sira’a and Miira’aj, the night Prophet Mohammed (saas) ascended to heaven from the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on a Bourak (Half animal, half man), while a great light lit-up the night sky, and visited Heaven and Hell also Beit al-Saada and Beit al-Shaqaa (House of Happiness and House of Misery) and then descended back to Mecca.…”

[jedicord]

12. I thought August 4th was the day of Rapture.

And there I sat, with popcorn and scotch in hand...

and nothing happened.

[Horse with no Name]

13. I dunno

something about leap year ;)

[lutefisk]

14. "Popcorn and Scotch" Isn't that a Sinatra song?.....n/t

[malmapus]

15. It's the date before my birthday

So yeah if all the neo-Christian-conservative wackos want to disappear off the face of the planet, I would consider that a very nice birthday present :D

[sinkingfeeling]

16. I'll let you know on the morning of August 23.

[johnnie]

17. Cool! The rapture will be on my birthday

:woohoo:

[Der Blaue Engel]

18. Hey, another one!

"You say it's your birthday
It's my birthday too, yeah
They say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good time
I'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you"

:D :party: