X-Day (Church of the SubGenius)
X-Day is a traditional part of the
First event
When July 5, 1998 arrived and no alien fleet appeared in the sky, members of the Church began citing a large number of
The X-Day celebration has become well known in
Event activities
Regular events at X-Day include a symbolic effigy burning of
"Burners" familiar with the Burning Man event have been upset by the fact that X-Day is not a commerce-free event in the fashion of Burning Man – the bands and participants at X-Day are, in fact, encouraged to sell their own items, music CDs and albums, and other paraphernalia. The Church of the SubGenius has responded to these complaints with the statement that it is not a non-profit church: "We're for-profit, we want profit, and we want to cast out false prophets." However, the Church's status as an independent corporation with no corporate affiliations has ensured that large, mainstream companies have avoided the X-Day celebration, allowing independent artists and underground performers to flourish. The Church claims to be the only religious organization that is "proud to pay its taxes".[9][10]
History
In 2007, the celebration notably coincided with
See also
- The Eschaton
- Heaven's Gate, another UFO cult with a similar concept of "X-Day"
Notes
- ^ Boston Globe.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Hart, Hugh (September 16, 1992). "Behind Every Subgenius Conspiracy Is An Ordinary Bob". Chicago Tribune.
- ISBN 0-671-77006-3.
- ^ Ivan Stang (director) (1973). Let's Visit the World of the Future (DVD/VHS).
- ^ Scoblionkov, Deborah (July 6, 1998). "Armageddon Ends Badly". Wired. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09.
- ^ The SubGenius Foundation. X-Day Drill 1998 (DVD). Cleveland Heights, Ohio: SubGenius Foundation(?).
- ISBN 978-1560259398. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ "Events - 26 X-DAY". Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ^ The Subgenius Foundation. ReMastered MEDIA BARRAGE #0: "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??" (CD). Cleveland Heights, Ohio: The SubGenius Foundation. Event occurs at Track 4, minutes 02:50–02:57. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
We are the first NON-tax-exempt church around; We're the first Industrial Church
- ^ The Subgenius Foundation. ReMastered MEDIA BARRAGE #0: "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??" (CD). Cleveland Heights, Ohio: The SubGenius Foundation. Event occurs at Track 14, minutes 00:53–00:59 and 01:14–01:22. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
We wanna be proud to pay our taxes and let people know that we're not trying to skate by on the tax thing anyhow" "See, we're not saying anything that any of these other modern day, New-Age, religious cults aren't saying. The only thing is we're not denying it, that we're in it for the money
- ^ "SubGenius Cult Accuses Roswell New Mexico Of UFO Festival Competition" (Press release). Boston: NewswireToday. 2007-05-13.