[jfrog]

If God had a group of peers, each with their own special universes that they created, then he definately wouldn't be divine in relation to them. So in some sense divine is a relational word. God is divine in relation to us. Does this mean that he needed to create us in order to actually be divine. I don't think so. But then again, I don't think anything is necessity when it comes to God, I think it's about observing what he has done and that gives insight into his character. I don't think the bible has to be trying to teach us about the most perfect imaginable God. I think the bible teaches us about the real God and whether he is the most perfect imaginable or not shouldn't really matter.

What your question boils down to is whether God would still have been God if he didn't create anything. He wouldn't have been creator, that is for sure. But, I think even if such a God existed, even though there would be nothing to think of him as divine, he would still be divine. If there was no good left in the world, would we not call it evil? If there was no light left, would we not still call it dark? Maybe if we had never seen good we couldn't call that world evil. Maybe if he had never seen light we could not call it dark. But somewhere the concepts of good and light exist. So even if we had never seen either, that world would still be evil and dark.

I think I'm just rambling, hope some of all this made sense... :/