With the child question, I don't know about other religions but when young children die, or someone who is handicapped will automatically be able to go to heaven (sorry according to LDS church) They dont have the brain capacity to really know right from wrong therefor they can do no wrong. This is what I believe also.
There is also that argument that a day in the life of god is several thousands of years. I can't really say more about this because I don't know. and i'm sure the dinosaurs were extinct before noah, they were extinct billions of years ago.
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