I don't preach that God is cruel or a monstrous creature, that isn't my God, so don't say it. Christ was perfect, and forgave many, and healed whoever came to him, so don't make out I worship a devil, when I have cearly stated the opposite.
On the contrary, if you believe in a deity with infinite knowledge of the all things future and past, that created all things, and condemns those that don't follow his rules to some form of eternal punishment, you do worship a cruel and monstrous god. Sorry if you can't accept or understand that.
It's all irrelevant, of course. We may as well be arguing over whether Santa Claus is cruel for skipping the Jewish kid's houses.