Status Updates From Arrival: Die Hölle ist die ...

“And since God hadn't previously played a role in Neil's life, he wasn't afraid of being exiled from God.”
good for him and real! i needed to read that ngl, im still somewhat “scarred” from when i was forced into christianity, i was forced to follow what the bible said and act upon it or was “threatened” with going to hell. even though i dont believe, im still sometimes worried about that

im honestly very skeptical if im even gonna like this because im an atheist and i had very bad experiences with christian people so i think its a bit silly to read knowing my opinion on these topics, BUT i heard TSFTL took inspiration from this so obviously im interested LOL lets see

“he had only himself to blame.”

"Neil even knows that by being beyond God’s awareness, he is not loved by God in return. This doesn’t affect his feelings either, because unconditional love asks nothing, not even that it be returned.
And though it’s been many years that he has been in Hell, beyond the awareness of God, he loves Him still. That is the nature of true devotion.”

"Of course, everyone knew that Heaven was incomparably superior, but to Neil it had always seemed too remote to consider, like wealth or fame or glamour. For people like him, Hell was where you went when you died, and he saw no point in restructuring his life in hopes of avoiding that. And since God hadn’t previously played a role in Neil’s life, he wasn’t afraid of being exiled from God.”

“Like every other non-devout person, Neil had never expended much energy on where his soul would end up; he’d always assumed his destination was Hell, and he accepted that... Hell, after all, was not physically worse than the mortal plane.
It meant permanent exile from God, no more and no less… Neil was one of those who were unmoved; as far as he could tell, the lost souls as a group were no unhappier than he was..."

Hier beendet, die Kurzgeschichte auf die Arrival basiert war der Hauptgrund warum ich das Buch gelesen habe und war tatsächlich am interessantesten.