Reddit reviews Divine Hiddenness: New Essays
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I think that the simple reason that God doesn't do that is because it would result in all of us going straight to hell.
Human beings are inherently selfish. If God were to show up and manifest himself as some powerful being, then human beings would only worship him so that they could gain his power and favor for themselves. This is the antithesis of the self-giving love that God wants us to have.
When the time finally came for us to choose to embrace that self-giving love or embrace our own selfishness- seeing God's powerfirsthand would make it MORE difficult to do the former.
For more on this I would recommend: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org/project/why-there-is-no-proof-of-god/
Or if you want a good book on the subject from an academic perspective: https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Hiddenness-Essays-Daniel-Howard-Snyder/dp/0521006104
This is a huge topic. Here is a whole book about it