naomi //what is it that these chaps think they have that the rest of us lack? //
The ability to see/ believe in something that defies logic and human morality. Our values are not God's. We believe it is wrong to kill innocents ( children,infants, babies ) but God can/did this evil and somehow for a theist , that's all right. It's more than all right , it is justified.
God's Evil good , man's evil bad. That's what we lack Naomi we can not accept or excuse God's evil. They can!
As Goodlife says, the truth is in the bible. Simple really.