If I'm trying to give five candies to Bob and Sue, but I give two of Sue's to Bob and then throw two of Bob's away, he still ends up with five candies to Sue's three.
This isn't rocket surgery.
(my take is that everything that happened was mundane, the supernatural elements were personal interpretations and experience, but ymmv)
I can't go to hell - I'm all out of vacation days.
Birds are good. Computers are bad. I'm too old for this.