One of the most nagging questions I faced on my way out of faith was this:

If God gave me eyes, why can’t I see him?
If he gave me ears, why can’t I audibly hear him?
Yet he still expects me to trust him with my eternal fate.

This is not just an emotional question it’s a deeply logical one.

1. The Problem of Divine Hiddenness

Philosophers call this divine hiddenness. If God is real and truly wants us to know and trust him, why remain invisible? Why communicate through second-hand writings, ancient texts, and subjective “inner promptings” instead of clear, direct evidence that everyone can see and confirm?

It almost feels like being asked to take a test with no clear questions and then being graded for eternity based on whether you guessed right.

2. Faith Is the Only Approved Option

The Bible itself seems to double down on this hiddenness by teaching that faith, belief without evidence is the only way to please God.

Hebrews 11:6 – “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

Jesus even said:

John 20:29 – “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

In other words:

• Evidence is deliberately withheld.
• You are told to trust anyway.
• And if you don’t trust blindly, you are punished.

This is a perfect way to enforce compliance: make faith itself the requirement, declare doubt as disobedience, and elevate belief without evidence as a moral virtue.

3. Selective Revelation

Even the Bible records God speaking audibly, showing up in pillars of fire, and performing public miracles (think Exodus, think Jesus walking on water). If those were good ways to reveal himself then, why stop now?

Why do we get only an ancient book, whose interpretation splits Christians into thousands of denominations and are told to “walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7)?

4. The Simpler Explanation

When I stepped back, the simpler explanation made more sense: maybe there is no hidden God at all. Maybe this is just a human story, passed down and reinterpreted over centuries, with the burden shifted to faith every time the evidence falls short.

The existence of thousands of mutually exclusive religions, each claiming you just need “eyes to see” and “ears to hear” – tells me this is less about a universal divine message and more about human culture, tradition, and imagination.

Closing Thoughts

This realization was both unsettling and freeing. If a God truly exists and wants to be known, he has chosen the least effective way possible to reveal himself. And if he doesn’t exist, the silence makes perfect sense.

I now live by a simple principle: if something is true, it should withstand evidence and reason not require me to suspend them.