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tularetom

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4. Actually I hope organized religion is gone by the time it erupts

Reply to Warpy (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 7, 2015, 03:52 PM

Feb 2015

At the rate the US is regressing, if it blew in the next few decades, we'd have politicians passing bills to toss a few virgins into it. And religious nuts claiming the eruption was validation of the biblical prediction that the earth would ultimately be destroyed by fire.

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What do you know about the Yellowstone supervolcano? [View all] Panich52 Feb 2015 OP

We all have to die one day. TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #1

Dying from silica ash and/or superheated poisonous gas is not on my list Warpy Feb 2015 #2

Yes let's hope but there is little gain in worry. n/t TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #3

Actually I hope organized religion is gone by the time it erupts tularetom Feb 2015 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2015 #7

There is a series of books about life after the Yellowstone eruption. Kablooie Feb 2015 #5

That sounds like an interesting series. NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #9

26,500 years PADemD Feb 2015 #6

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