[Avodah] better not to have been born

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:33:50PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
>                              But from Hashem's point of view, He wants
> [geirim] so much that He sent us out among the nations for the sole purpose
> of finding and recruiting them.

That's R' Elazar on Pesachim 87b, using the lashon "Lo hiflah HQBH es
Yisrael levein ha'umos ela kedei sheyosifu lahem geirim."

And yet we know there are other reasons, such as our needing an
onesh.

Why does R"E use such absolute language?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha