On Hell and Forgiveness

[Angrboda]

God says quite explicitly in Genesis 6 that he will blot them out "for I am sorry that I made them."  It couldn't be any plainer than that Steve.  Action, followed by cause.  You can certainly suggest that his wiping them out was just, but God is quite clear on his motive here.

Here is some more context to discuss:

5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

Why would God be happy about the inordinate amount of people going to hell--with generation upon generation to follow? Do you think that God was unaware of Noah or what he would actually do when he shared his thoughts? You responded to a post where I said God does not make decisions based on emotion. I stand by that and this text does nothing to dispell that. 

I never suggested that God should be or was happy about it. Quite the opposite. So I don't know what the point of your question was. As a matter of principle, unlike some people, I try not to engage in mind reading about what God does or does not think. That God should have been unhappy does not refute my point that the reason he gave was his unhappiness. Nowhere in the text is "justice" even mentioned. If you think there is nothing in the text to dispel the notion that God does not make decisions based upon emotions then you are either exaggerating or in denial. If it's the latter, then your denial is simply ineffective. If it's the former, then my point stands as your exaggeration is nothing more than a misrepresentation of the facts. (Perhaps you meant that it does nothing to dispel your belief. That's a personal issue that I couldn't care less about. It could be that you are simply unreasonable. The question is whether the text gives any reason to believe that God makes decisions based upon emotions and it clearly does. Nothing you've said even remotely addresses that fact.)