You may want to study the Bible before stating flaws that do not exist.
You argue that free will really has no play in scenario 1, because external situations influenced a person's decision. Yet, the reality is that God knows the heart of the child, regardless of his upbringing and how his will was or was not involved in a decision.
Romans 9:
14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15 For he says to Moses,
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
Therefore, God knows the true intentions of the child, and makes the value judgment, not you nor I. So what is the power of telling a person about Jesus? The goal is to allow everyone to make a decision, one way or another, if they would accept a relationship with Jesus. So that their free will is expressed at some point. What if its never expressed? Then the argument defaults back on Romans 9 and countless other verses that shows us that God is the ultimate judge of a persons' life and lifestyle, and no one else.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
