Why is God Silent?

Why Can’t God Simply Reveal Himself to Us?  Wouldn’t That Clear Up a Lot of Confusion Real Fast?

What’s God’s purpose with all the secrecy and silence?  For God to love us so much he doesn’t seem to want much to do with us. I can understand that, since I often grow tired of being around other people myself. But, we’re talking about God here, a perfect being, who supposedly created us, imperfect beings. If a personal God exists, I can’t imagine how he could simply sit quietly on the sidelines while we humans flounder about. We have had to figure things out for ourselves, without any help from God. God’s only alleged communication with us, the Bible, hasn’t been much help either. Aside from a few simplistic moral dictums, the Bible has provided us very little information on how to improve the human condition. Fortunately science has accomplished that for us, but it has taken millennia and humanity’s greatest minds. You would think that if God didn’t plan on talking or interacting with us, He could have at least given us some written words on how the universe works, that the earth actually revolves around the sun, or instructions on to build a microwave oven or something. Well, I guess we have the Bible code, if you believe there are hidden messages embedded in the Bible. Not only has God not helped in our development, religion has actually opposed almost every scientific advancement throughout history.

I feel that if a personal God exists, He would have greater contact with us. Could it be that God either can’t or won’t interact with us?  If He can’t, that means that God is not omnipotent, but this doesn’t fit with the picture that most people have about God. If He won’t, that means that God might not care as much about us as we would like to think. I go back to the concept of God held by Deists, who believe that God created everything – put everything in motion – but has not intervened in human affairs. But, once again, most followers can’t accept this non-personal God. People desperately want a hands-on God, but that’s not what we have. To me, the fact that God does not communicate or interact with us is strong evidence that a personal God, like the one depicted in Christianity, probably does not exist.