Why is it okay when God kills people?

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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 would not trust someone who dangled an apple in front of my face.

Of course, I am also the type to go against authority. Command me to not do something?

Please.

The Garden of Eden, the entire bible in fact, was written for a time when priests wanted to control the masses. Nothing more. What better way to inform people that priests must be trusted than to create a god in complete support of the church?