...we believed strongly enough to do something? ...but couldn't?

On one hand, he has a point. If someone I care about is about to be hit by a truck, and they are unaware, then yes, I have an obligation to let them know, or if necessary tackle them. But, what if it is their choice to get hit? What if I tackle him, and he jumps right back in front?

In C.S. Lewis's book "The Great Divorce" (which I am reading, but have not yet finished), Lewis approaches the concept of heaven and hell from an interesting perspective. Heaven is not a place for the "good", not is hell a place for the "bad". Heaven and hell are merely a means for separating the "only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.' "