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Ep 105 - The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell

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The Role of Theology in the Planet They Land On

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The theological stuff in this is almost all like internal to Emilio. Like there are other characters who are having questions about religion or like you know reevaluating religion because of some of the experiences that they have. He goes from being sort of agnostic to sort of suggesting that God wants them to go to this planet and then they do despite a lot of odds that were stacked against them. And by the time they make first contact with the species and he is like, you know he's doing the, I don't know, it's not like the close encounters kind of first contact thing but it's something where you're basically throwing grammar at the other person until they point at a point

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