A disgraceful god

[edial]

 The chief differences being that we do not demand that microorganisms love us, that we do not promise to intervene to make life better for microorganisms, and we do not promise that microorganisms will live forever if they follow our rules.

If God demands a particular set of behaviours from human beings, it seems incumbent upon God to unmistakably demonstrate his existence to us.

Boru

But God does not demand that everyone love him. 
The Jews at the time, the Israelites, were enslaved by the Egyptians.
So they called on the 'God of Abraham' to save them from slavery.
God sent them Moses who did just that. Then the Jews became problematic and began speaking against God and doing things he did not like.

So God  basically told them that since they want his help and call on him ... loving and following him is reasonable.

Thanks, Ed