Is God Good or Bad? Or Neither?

I'll just jump right into it. With everything good and beautiful in the world, there is also a lot of hate and bad. Are those aspects that were neglected by god (like the saying that darkness is only an absence of light), or are they projections of god's possibly not as good side? I don't know. My roommate and I have discussed this point a few times.. the question of god's overall goodness, and we are still unsure to what we fully believe yet. As for now what I lean towards is this: the world was initially a projection of god. He made it in his image and then he has set it aside. I do not necessarily feel that he is apathetic towards us or the world, but that it must proceed naturally. I believe that god is mostly good, but just like we are, he has those aspects of him that may be slightly darker. This shows in the world and how there are so many contrasts of good and bad and grey. I feel that the world started off with more good but has naturally progressed and the bad may have spread like monkey grass. Regardless of how this happen, my reasoning for this post is because it settles me. I'm not sure how you feel, but I love the idea of an imperfect god. I relate to him. I can feel him, and it's not a condescending feeling. It's a pal to pal scenario. And because I don't think that god can necessarily intervene with our lives, the poor guy doesn't have the pressure of me looking to him when I'm broke or need something. Instead he is a friend, there when I want to talk. I like this god far more than any other I've tried to believe in. 

I'd like to hear what you think.