Had nothing to do with sin. It has to do with the meaning of "damnation."
Damnation means being cut off from God forever, having an end to eternal progression. When you achieve this state without even having a physical body, it is the lowest of the low.
Oh, and my "cruel God" made sure it never happened, BTW. He selected the noblest man and woman from among His Spirit children, to be our first parents, knowing (He IS God, after all) that they would make the right choice.
My point was that the Fall is ESSENTIAL to the Plan of Salvation, whereas to YOU it was an aberration, a mistake, somewhere where God was unfortunately not in charge.
It wasn't. He NEVER leaves us with no options. He ALWAYS makes sure that each and every one of His children are given a chance, and a choice.
So your observation about His "cruelty" is irrelevant, because He was in charge from the beginning.
Your way, He was only in charge to the extent that He has damned each and every one of us, and arbitrarily, capriciously chooses a few that He will "save" because I guess he wants at least a few pets in the menagerie.
"Cosmic pets." How quaint. What a reprehensible "god" you have there.