>>G) I don't and can't know why He did that. I do know that He was indeed in control of that situation and that He had His glory in mind.
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>A great deal of argements of this type usually reduce to absurdities. My turn to do that.
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>Hitler kills several million people in his pursuit of Aryan supremacy
>Stalin kills even more millions of people in his attempts to impose Communist supremacy.
>Pol Pot doesn't have quite so many millions to work with, but still manages to get up there with the big boys.
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>etc. etc. etc. etc.
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>God kills a couple of hundred thousand for no discernable reason....and this is glorious?????

I told you the reason - to bring glory to Himself and to help believers grow to be more like Christ. And, yes - that is glorious.