Drew's arbitrary cruel God is defeated by evidence: Christianity has historical verification, prophecy, testimony, and wasn't made up on the spot. A maximally cruel God would send everyone to hell with no heaven, giving no reason to worship. This is the "Pascal's mugger" objection, already addressed in literature.

The cruel-God objection is a known variant called "Pascal's mugger" — someone making unfounded threats. Pascal can ignore the mugger because the claim is evidently made up. Christianity has evidence distinguishing it from arbitrary claims: historical verification, revelatory nature (prophecy), testimony of millions. Cameron adds: a maximally cruel God would offer no heaven at all, removing all incentive.