Judges

Why is it that when we talk about the cycle in Judges -- Turning our back on God, oppression, repentance, intervention of God -- we get the idea that the people sin, but we blame the consequences on God. "God brings about the sin so that the people will learn their lesson."?  Why do we miss the connection between our disobedience to the consequences that result from it?


And why do we insist on thinking that God brings about Bad Things in our lives so that we will learn our lessons?

Isn't that kind of attitude very egocentric? Bad things happen to others according to the actions of God so that he can teach us lessons?