Because they were generally uneducated and superstitious, and they had no real information as to what the cause of their suffering actually was.
they thought that god was punishing them for their sins.
People experiencing it thought that the hand of god was striking down on them punishing them and telling them to clean up there act.
He thought God was punishing him for marrying his brothers wife because it said in the bible that you shouldn't do marry you brothers wife.
The people believed that god was very angry and was punishing them
Because they had no other explanation for why the volcano erupted.
The people believed that god was very angry and was punishing them
Because God was punishing us women.
Possible Explanations: # God is punishing you for something you did which angers him. You may not even know what you did. # God is all-knowing: He is punishing you for something you haven't done yet. # God is all-knowing: He is preventing you from doing something you haven't done yet that might be a bad thing. # The Universe is an experiment: Things are allowed to happen in it with little or no interference, such as people breaking bones. # There is no God.
Punishing Germany would only get them angrier and more likely to cause war instead of ending one.
i think that poseidons favourite things to would be tormenting people and punishing them like in the odyssey
yes, they believed that it was god punishing them, it was Jews poisoning the water and many other things.
Angry, vengeful, jealous and punishing.