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Why was God so brutal to the people in the beginning according to the Bible stories?
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The concept of gods' nature changes with culture, civilization, evolving perspectives, personal beliefs, after debate, conflicting needs, etc. Gods don't change, their believers' concept of them changes. A perfect example is the Judeo-Christian God who started out as a holy terror who wiped out entire armies and demanded worship, to the more paternal, loving and benevolent God of more modern times. Different denominations also have different views of God's nature.
Jewish answer:
1) We have a concept called "the descent of the generations." That means that the people in the generations of the Prophets were on a much higher level than we are today. An offshoot of this is that more was expected of them by God.
2) All people lived with the Afterlife as part of the larger picture. Belief in the aterlife was part of the shared tradition of all mankind. God was strict with various people or groups (among other reasons) in order to render their souls unblemished.
3) Blaming or accusing God is an easy and common pastime. Rather, we should try directing our judging eye in a completely different direction and see what we come up with. This was the attitude of early generations (Genesis 42:21-22).
4) God doesn't owe anyone anything. Those people enjoyed life, air, water, etc., before they were taken from this Earth. The attitude of "I deserve" is an arrogance.
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