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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 25, 2014 at 1:22 pm
(April 24, 2014 at 7:23 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: This kind of shit scares me. 
It's just god, reminding us that
next time, he might not miss.
*menacing glare*
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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 26, 2014 at 5:50 am
What about the odds of one large enough to wipe out a town or city and kill thousands, or possibly millions of people? Any reminder that the ground isn't as solid and safe as I like to think, as we dangle here in space with nothing to protect us from anything significant makes me more than a little uneasy.
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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 27, 2014 at 11:04 am
Interesting thought, though, that the mechanism "God" chooses to visit its wrath and judgement on the Earth follows known, predictable laws of orbital mechanics and mass-energy conservation. You'd think that a real god (contradiction in terms though that be) would - I don't know - materialise an ocean over the most 'sinful' cities, or vaporise them entirely à la Sod 'em and Gamera.
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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 28, 2014 at 3:46 am
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Should I be seeing a point to this thread?
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