But sovereigns, like fathers, can have rightful authority to govern or direct us, with no claim whatwoever on our love--let alone adoration.  We cannot prove God exists, and certainly cannot prove that any god who exists is kind and merciful rather than cruel or indifferent.  But we can say that only the first type of god is one we would want to worship. We reject out of hand any suggestion that mere cosmic authorship or raw power whould itself call forth our loyalty or devotion.

...We do not concede that a god who creates us, or the entire universe for that matter, is beyond reproach or question by virtue of his power alone.  We certainly do not accord earthly parents unchallenged perrogatives over their own children, even if they sire, rear, and nourish them.

Terryl & Fiona Givens, The God Who Weeps, pg. 15