Why is it okay when God kills people?

[Lek]

First of all, God told Adam directly not to eat of the fruit of that tree and told him he would die if he did.  He made it really plain to him.  Maybe he didn't know if it was evil but, evil or not, he knew God told him not to do it and what the consequence would be.  So he did it and he died.  I think the rationale is that he should have had faith that God gave him the command for a specific reason and that he should have had faith in his creator.  When he chose to eat the fruit he failed to have that faith.  He didn't trust God.

I was offering that opportunity to Steve, but it's just as well that you took it.

Nothing in Adam's world had ever died so he had no concept of death. That wasn't just the tree of the knowledge of evil. It was the knowledge of good and evil. In other words, Adam had no concept that some things were good and some evil. Then the first time he breaks a rule, he gets capital punishment. Would you treat your child like that? Would you treat your dog like that?

"Should have had faith?" I'm going to be generous  and pretend like you didn't say that.

As far as I can tell the bible doesn't say that nothing had died yet at that time.  Eve told told the serpent that God told her she would die if she ate of the tree.  Maybe he had no concept of good and evil, but Adam knew that God told him he would die if he ate of the fruit and he knew he should obey God.  After he committed the act he didn't say "I didn't know I shouldn't do it", but rather "Eve made me do it".  What you're saying is "I wouldn't punish my children like that, so God shouldn't either".  You're judging God according to your standards.