God's True Purpose
The way I see it, God's only real use is as an escape from death. If people weren't so afraid to die, would they need religion? All the shit about needing his moral guidance and craving the wisdom of his word is just a smokesceen to try and cover the fact that if you withdraw the promise of eternal life, people probably wouldn't need God at all. It's just a fear of death and needing God to circumvent it that drives the whole thing.
Think about it, how compelling would God be without the promise of eternal life in paradise or salvation from eternal torment? Without the etrnal life cookie, God's got nothing.