I am glad you brought this up because God's actions in the OT have seemed odd to me. For example when you speak of a deity changing his mind I remember the situation where Moses convinced God to not destroy Israel at Sinai.
Although according to the idea of omniscience he had to already know that he would not destroy Israel so his anger/threat was a farce. Which would also mean all of his mentions of "I will show mercy if" were a farce too because he always knew what would happen. It does make the whole idea even more insane but I think that really only attacks the conservative view of God's nature.
Hopefully I did not just completely miss part of your point and I realize that you are dealing with multiple issues with this idea but I just wanted to focus on that one.
Although according to the idea of omniscience he had to already know that he would not destroy Israel so his anger/threat was a farce. Which would also mean all of his mentions of "I will show mercy if" were a farce too because he always knew what would happen. It does make the whole idea even more insane but I think that really only attacks the conservative view of God's nature.
Hopefully I did not just completely miss part of your point and I realize that you are dealing with multiple issues with this idea but I just wanted to focus on that one.
