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Based on the reasoning(?) in another thread, they might have grown up to be bad people.
One would think that an omnipotent god would have simply not made the Chinese to begin with.
Why creating them knowing that they will not do right, giving them no chance to see the error of their ways, only so that god could eventually obliverate them anyway?
Perhaps "efficiency" is not one of god's strong points.
So it wasn't a mistake? You really believe it was OK to kill several thousand children because of what the MIGHT do if they were permitted to live until adulthood? That seems really strange to me.
Their evil behavior had existed for many generations; no end in sight.
What about all the people in China? They never had the opportunity to serve God, simply because he decided it wasn't worth his time to reveal himself to them. How did the Chinese children deserve it?
God has made Himself known to everyone. Men are without excuse.
One would think that an omnipotent god would have simply not made the Chinese to begin with.
Why creating them knowing that they will not do right, giving them no chance to see the error of their ways, only so that god could eventually obliverate them anyway?
Perhaps "efficiency" is not one of god's strong points.
Not in the story of Noah. They were given plenty of warning.
I asked you to quote a verse - not a chapter. Try again, please.
And this time - please limit it to the actual account in Genesis - NOT a later 1st century AD epistle-writer's interpretation. Your further interpretation of 2 Peter doesn't help matters, either - now we're 3 times removed from the actual story.... a bit ridiculous, eh?
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