-Removed-On the contrary. You wrote:
"I also want to take this a little further and propose that in the case of the biblical God, we are able to influence him perhaps in the same why that a human child can influence its parents who are content to change their mind based on the outcomes being positive “strategically” - to use your word."
When you say 'we are able" I assumed you included yourself in that 'we.'
-Removed-The Bible uses human ways to speak about God, the technical term for which is anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphic language represents God’s unchanging attributes in the changing circumstances and different moral conditions of His creatures. Passages such as Genesis 6:6 need to be taken into consideration with Numbers 23:19. In doing so, we will understand that from our human viewpoint God seems to change His mind about people, but He is only represented to us that way that we might relate to our omniscient God.
God’s mind doesn’t change because it doesn’t need to change. He knows everything, and He knows the end from the beginning. God has no plan B because there are no deficiencies or flaws in His plan A.
https://answersingenesis.org/who-is-god/does-god-change-his-mind/
-Removed-It isn't just 'another topic.'
It is a serious flaw in your Christian understanding and a marvelous example of you digging a hole deeper for yourself.
"Altruism doesn't exist" You cry.
"But Jesus died on the cross to atone for the sins of all humanity. The ultimate act of altruism which, as a Christian, you are expected to emulate."
.......Deathly silence.