The humans create the labyrinth, the humans must resolve it.

I don't believe there is a god interested in cruelty but if the concept of a god it's a cruel one that kind of god must exist because is followers make a cruel justice to make their point, burning stuff, threatening people, sure he's a evil god. Gods don't speak to us or they written words in a book, all that it's certainly written by human hands. Can't you see? The humans create the labyrinth, the humans must resolve it.
In the past, some christian thinkers had the sad conclusion that laugh and joke were devil's work. So there are still many people that can't think for their heads in the XXI century.