I had the same pain point with religion until I realize that I routinely enjoy movies, shows or books where people suffer or die in unjust ways.
Well, if I enjoy it (to some degree, because it serves the story), wouldn't some other entities do too ?
Well, if I enjoy it (to some degree, because it serves the story), wouldn't some other entities do too ?
You imagine suffering from our point of view. Try to imagine that a God might see you as you see Bruce Wayne in the comics.
Jack Slater is just a role Arnold played and Bruce Wayne is a character. You can never produce an unintended reaction from either of them because there's nothing there to react. They aren't even simulations of people. A person in the simulation is aware of their existence in some reality and are able to react to stimulus. Bruce Wayne can't do that, it does exactly what the writer and artist will. The only place that Bruce Wayne the thinking thing exists is in our imaginations.