Do religions represent God?

[Little Rik]

Not at all Ton.

Are you sure?  You talk about 'opening the soul to any possibility' which sounds suspiciously like code for "become as gullible as you can."

A god that requires anything from me before it reveals itself is either playing games or incompetent or held in check by a much more powerful being.  He doesn't need for me to be ready, he just needs to show up

It also work around free will Ton.
Free will means that God doesn't interfere with people choices that is why He is waiting also for people to be ready for the teachings.
And to be ready require that your main motivation are spiritual rather than materialistic.
To get spiritual motivation is very easy for the smart and very very difficult for the fool that thinks that
the physical-material world can solve the main human problem.