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The science fiction site IO9 posted some photos altered by a Russian artist to depict post-apocalyptic scenes<\/a>. Several of them are very striking<\/a>. This one, however, particularly caught my attention:<\/p>\n

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I suspect that churches that remained standing after an apocalypse would take on new or renewed significance \u2013 not necessarily in a manner that was typical of what went on their previously.<\/p>\n

That is, after all, something of what we see going on at this very moment in Indiana and other places<\/a> ravaged by tornadoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From a sci-fi perspective and interest, what would you imagine the role might be, in a post-apocalyptic world, of religion and the buildings associated with it?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"