(June 21, 2013 at 4:27 pm)cato123 Wrote: Consilius,
You are omitting a very important part of the Exodus account that renders much of what you said irrelevant.
The fact you have not mentioned is that it was God who hardened Pharaoh's heart. Why? I think the only reasonable answer is so that God could keep fucking with them, including killing innocent children as you pointed out.
You must have read everything but the explanation of Pharaoh's heart being hardened, or ignored what you read just to have something to complain about, you even cherry pick what is written by Christians, how weak can one actually be.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.