The science fiction site IO9 posted some photos altered by a Russian artist to depict post-apocalyptic scenes. Several of them are very striking. This one, however, particularly caught my attention:
I suspect that churches that remained standing after an apocalypse would take on new or renewed significance – not necessarily in a manner that was typical of what went on their previously.
That is, after all, something of what we see going on at this very moment in Indiana and other places ravaged by tornadoes.
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?