They think it is what God wants. It is the Christian scotoma that they cannot see that they have ignored this warning in respect of Jesus in almost every particular. The clearest example is Jesus's absolute commitment to poverty, now utterly ignored on the most indulgent grounds by all but a few Christian ascetics. Out of their enjoyment sometimes came children. In prehistoric times, the evidence suggests that women were respected as equals if not held in special esteem and the deity arguably was univesally a goddess.
Goddess responds against damaging things.
She will respond to the damage done by modern agriculture. She will do the same against coal machines that chew up the Earth. But it probably is a long-term response, maybe acid rain or loss of the ozone layer. So, when you push the Goddess, eventually she pushes back. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, according to mechanics, but the Goddess is liable to anger and will react harder.