ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊2d ago

omg many are calling "Project Hail Mary" a "Chrstian allegory" when discussing the movie 🤦‍♀️

I have not read that the author of the book, Andy Weir, discussed any religion behind his book, but rather focused on science, linguistics, and just generally positive themes.

Wiki even says he is agnostic.

"Hail Mary" (in this case) does not mean *that* Mary!!

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#MyThoughts #movies #books #ProjectHailMary

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a70683244/andy-weir-project-hail-mary/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Weir

‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Is Keeping the Science in Science Fiction

Ahead of the film adaptation’s release, Weir talked to Popular Mechanics about creating accurate sci-fi tech, protagonist Ryland Grace, and more.

Popular Mechanics
Show threadˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊2d ago

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It's a 'hail Mary' pass. A long shot. A gamble. Something that you don't expect to work out, but you'll try anyway.

Show threadGurre Vildskägg2d ago
@dalfen
Which, of course, is in turn a reference to that Mary.
But using a reference that ultimately points at the bible in no way means it has to be religious in a culture & language that's been steeped in that religion for over a thousand years. That would be like saying everyone named "Christian" or "Jesus" is named specifically because the parents were very religious, which obviously isn't so.
Show threadˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊2d ago

@Gurre I hear you, but haven't read anything about the author intending to refer to Mary (Jesus' mother) of the Christian bible. Have you?

The common phrase "hail mary pass" has nothing to do with religion, even if someone somewhere says "hail mary" piously.

Using a common secular phrase does not turn the author's intention into something meant to have some sort of allegorical Christian meaning.

It seems some have converted the author's intention to something more suited to their worldview.

Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿2d ago
@dalfen @Gurre Hail Mary is literally full of Grace, the gag is right there.
The book also had other missions, by other international collaborations, that drew similar names from other religions/philosophies
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@_thegeoff @Gurre Oh that second part is fascinating. Do you have any references I can check out about its other missions by other international collaborations drawing similar names from other religions/philosophies?
Mar 19 at 9:17pmWeb
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿2d ago
@dalfen @Gurre Gave my copy to a friend, so I can't check it right now, but "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir is a good bet ;)
Show threadˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊2d ago

@_thegeoff @Gurre I have it. I read it. Yeah, I just scanned it and saw "Grace" and now I get the gag.

I meant if you have references to those international collaborations integrating different religions/philosophies...