Exactly, do we really get a choice who to help, or just, possibly, to place ourselves in an agreeable position of helpfulness?
As regards the 'usefulness' of various kinds of 'hell', I don't really 'get it'. To me, it is just too parental, and I can just hear someone saying, "this hurts me just as much as it's gonna hurt you".
I think anyone who gets off this planet 'alive' in any way has done pretty good. I wouldn't say this planet is such a great place to 'learn' things. Most things just don't make a lot of sense to me...not this time around, I guess.
rondele wrote on May 2nd, 2011 at 3:04pm:In one of Bruce's books, he talks about Max's Hell.
This was a place where Max, a thief while alive, could learn how pointless his life of crime was.
The point is, there are many such places in the afterlife for this kind of purpose.
So.....why would we want to retrieve someone like UBL? Wouldn't that thwart the higher purpose of what the afterlife has in store for those who need such lessons?
Another point- isn't the purpose of retrieving to offer ourselves up for this activity, and then letting Helpers guide us to those who need it the most? Is it really up to us to decide who we should retrieve?
R