Mythological, given that Babylonias have an identical account for all practical purposes.
Can God kill children in wrath, but not in mercy?
Why would he kill them in wrath when the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these?
What about children that just die? Is God powerless to prevent it?
So, whoever dies is 'killed' by God?
Which is secondary evidence that it is true. The primary evidence that it is true is that Jesus Christ referred to it as a fact. Moses recorded it as a fact and the Babylonians apparently had a similar story (thus giving the story a secular source).
Why would he kill them in wrath when the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these?
So do all dead children go to heaven? If so, then Forest's contention that God sometimes kills off children in order to show mercy upon them would be true.
So, whoever dies is 'killed' by God?
If God does not want you to die, you are indestructible. Nobody dies in contradiction to God's will. God knows the number of your days. You will die at the appointed time.
“Mythological, given that Babylonias have an identical account for all practical purposes.”
Well then I guess we can say that the resurrection of Jesus was myth since long before the Gospels the Greeks had a resurrection story of the dying and rising of the god, Dionysus. The idea of a messiah, a divinely appointed king who restores the world to perfection is typical of Egyptian and Babylonian royal myths dating back to the Bronze Age so we can relagate the returning victorious Christ to the myth pile.
Let’s see, what’s left?