"Why did God choose to be so mysterious?" ~Chance

"Why did god chose to be so mystical (EX like other false Gods)?" ~Chance

"I'll do my best to share what I have come to believe, but with the knowledge that our 4-dimensional minds (4th being time) cannot fully understand an infinite being or His ways (Isaiah 55:9):

There are at least two reasonable answers to this one. The first is, as I said, that God is just a lot more complex than we are, so we just plain don't get Him. The second answer is slightly more complicated and involves free will and God's mission in the world:

The Bible explains that God created the world and people so that someone could enter into a loving relationship with Him of their own choice. In order to do that, we needed to be able to choose His way or our own (which is where evil comes from). However, God is so mighty and glorious that His full and undoubtable presence would annhialate any disbelief or disobedience. Example: If I tell you to keep your hand out of the cookie jar and then take the jar away somewhere, you aren't obeying because you want to. So, God communicates with us through His people, through nature and circumstances, and as a "still small voice" (1 Kings 19:11-13). We are not able to know things for certain, because God wants us to trust Him rather than trust our own knowledge. If I gave you directions to a place you could already see (or had been to before), you would have no need to trust me.

However, there are plenty of facts that support the Christian God well over false gods (even of the other major religions). Some of these that I can list are:

1.) the more than 100 prophecies in the Old Testament that were fulfilled to the letter by Jesus more than 400 years later (many of which were completely beyond a human's power to control)

2.) Jesus death recorded by non-Christian Romans, and His resurrected body witnessed by over 400 people at one time (1 Corinthians 15:6)

3.) the many disciples and followers who died rather than recant what their own eyes had seen

For more evidence (none of which will 100% garauntee and so eliminate the need for faith and trust), check out The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel and/or http://www.everystudent.com/ which has articles about it too."