Originally posted by twhitehead
But you did say: [b]"It is HIS creation and the thing that is made has no right to say that he is unjust for creating something just to burn it."

I dispute that. We all have different understandings of what the terms 'justice' and 'rights' mean, but in my understanding of them, a god as described above would be unjust, and I would have the right to ...[text shortened]... uld even call him cruel if he was torturing his teddy bear even though it is not sentient.[/b]

twhitehead: I would even call him cruel if he was torturing his teddy bear even though it is not sentient.

Merriam Webster wouldn't:

1: disposed to inflict pain or suffering : devoid of humane feelings
2 a: causing or conducive to injury, grief, or pain b: unrelieved by leniency

A teddy bear cannot feel pain and/or suffering nor suffer injury, grief or pain.

So hypothetical Monster God can torment rocks or helium atoms all he wants and not be "cruel". But not human beings or animals that can feel pain or suffering.