I still prefer viewing God as a Father of sorts (sometimes a good guy, at other times, a complete asshole). I mean, at times, He'll be the cool/fun type that'll help you with all kinds of things, and make life fun (or pull miracles out of nowhere and give you one hell of boost; mostly because "you asked"); but at other times, he'll also not be happy with what's been going on or what you've been doing behind his back (or having put up with enough of your crap), and try to discipline you one way or another. Kinda like finally slapping a spoiled child for all their tantrums after putting up with it for a few months to years.
If you really get on his bad side, then he'll pull something on you as a sort of Xanatos gambit that causes you to finally be convinced that it was caused by your actions and you'll be dumbstruck with an end result after a series of actions that pierces your ego and convinces you to not pull the crap you were doing that caused it all in the first place. If by the end you blame yourself for the result instead of God, then His work is done. That's where He becomes the asshole. The Old Testament shows that quite a bit; New Testament is more after He had a Good Son give Him a different perspective to work from. He'll still be an asshole at times, but at least He learned after Christ to take it a little easier one everyone a little more often.
BTW, I think God is quite tolerant of all kinds of people; it's when He starts to get pissed off that people start mis-interpreting his motives for venting His anger on people/the world. Then again, my view kinda pictures God as a bit too human and a bit "Beware the Nice Ones" tolerant (IE- He can put up with either an entire world or universe for eons, but look out when He finally snaps). Oh yeah, and none of this is in agreement with any other zealot's perspective on what's been going on with Japan and all that. Actually, I don't give much a crap about their views.