Lucifer

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Sam

Yes, God has killed babies as in the flood and in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Also He ordered the extermination of all when Israel went into the Promised Land. In these cases, adults were killed as a judgment. In my opinion, God was actually merciful in killing the children along with the parents. Would it have been right for Him to selectively kill the parents and leave babies and children alone to fend for themselves? Also, in my opinion, those innocent children went to Heaven.

Does this action seem severe and drastic to me? Yes. I do believe God is merciful and caring and is infinitely wiser than we are. I can wonder about some of His actions, and I may not personally think it is the best thing to do, but I don't question His intelligence and wisdom.

Why wasn't God merciful to the little Midianite girls (Numbers 31), do you suppose? At least He didn't make them fend for themselves. He let them be taken as booty, like the animals.