For now I'm assuming people back then did what they were told to do so they weren't destroyed/killed or were protecting their families by being obedient. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt for now. There's always Plan B if necessary.
Tied in to electric universe stuff, and ancient "mythology", see this too - https://www.velikovsky.info/Worlds_in_Collision. His theory has been modified by others. See Thunderbolt Project. See Ken Wheeler's YT video's to understand gravity, magnetism, light and how they all interact.