My philosophy has always been, if there is a god, cool, thanks for creating the universe and stuff, but I'm not going to worship you. Period. Worship is childish and petty, something for an impossibly inflated ego, and I want no part of it.
If you go by the bible, then you believe god is omniscient. If god is omniscient, then he knew mankind would be tempted even before he created us. So, in effect, he knew everything that would happen, and is thus responsible for the good and the bad. If you don't believe god is all-knowing, if you believe in free-will, then god basically threw us out on our own. Either way, we don't really owe god anything more than a tip of the hat for getting the ball rolling.
Personally, if god exists, and the bible is right, then I think it's time humanity stood up, got an apartment, and told god to smeg off. He can find a new game to play with. I find his version of blackmail, the "love me or suffer" crap, to be morally reprehensible and disgusting. I want nothing to do with such an immature being. Maybe he can visit on the holidays, but that's about it.
Odds are, though, that if there is a god, he's nothing like the goofy writings say he is. Those come from immature civilizations and it shows. You can even see god "mature" from the old testament to the new, for example, though it's actually man himself becoming more refined. No, all that religion stuff, that's most likely attempts by humans to give god a personality, one that corresponds to their own idea of authority, and to exploit the idea of god in such a way that those in charge hold as much power as possible.
That's what I hope, anyway, because the god religion tries to shove down our throat is pretty lame. This is the most accurate description of the biblical god that I've ever seen, and an absolute masterpiece of television history:
http://youtu.be/AkJcFGvNgcY
If god is there, which I doubt, then I hope he's just chilling and letting mankind live on our own. If not, if he expects me to worship and praise him while the world rots, then he can burn in his own hell. I'm not loving anyone just because they're holding me hostage. Religion might be the original version of the Stockholm Syndrome, but I'm not falling victim to it.
