I don't get choked up or indignant about it. Life has always been rough. The trick for us is being able to look back thru history and prehistory to see the design. It is called salvation history, and the Bible is the record of it. But you're not going to understand the meanings behind the stories unless you are prepared to learn about the writing style, target audience, and Traditional interpretations. People who read the King James Version and then contend that it is the 100% accurate literal word of God (as if God dictated the finished work in English), deprive themselves of the chance to learn about ancient cultures and ideas. Similarly, people who read the more brutal stories and then exclaim, "I can't possibly believe in such an unfair God!" have given up rather than choose to mine the stories for deeper meaning.
The Hebrew stories are very rich, and only fools like Richard Dawkins are comfortable writing them off as fantasies about some bearded man in the clouds.