My problem is that if there is a God, he's not the dude who his believers claim. He's got plenty of emotional issues and he's hardly perfect and he makes loads of mistakes-- which would make him more like a real, human father. Still, it's hard to get passed the sadistic streak he has in him.
I understand what you are saying. However, your problem is that you need to think outside your box. God is NOT LIKE us. What we see as neurotic obsession with worship, HE sees as the rightful and just debt owed Him by the creature. What we see as being overly picky, he sees as a cosmic assault on His holiness, etc. You make a quick run to "what a **** to be so self concerned" when the true answer is that He is a being who is truly OWED awe, worship, honor, and all we have...., and not because he wants it or craves it, but because that is truly the greatness of his being. He is truly "worthy" of such praise. Such a being who thinks such things of himself is either neurotic and vain beyond description, or He is truly the biblical God. Like I said, you need to think outside your box.