re: #2 Destro

No one mourns all of the dead that drowned in the God caused flood do they?

This is untrue! Judaism is a very rational religion. But since there’s no central human authority, there’s nothing to stop a few people with extreme ideas from practicing their beliefs.

The traditional Jewish service mourns the Egyptians who drowned:

Here’s an explanation from the book “The Jewish Way”.

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And for the Egyptians who perished during the plagues:

Wine is spilled during the Passover Seder to mourn the fact that G-d inflicted suffering on his Egyptian children. (See myjewishlearning.com )