Divine Hiddenness

[Mister Agenda]

I can’t think of a scenario where more information about a subject would limit someone’s intellectual freedom rather than the other way around.

Almost every psychological study involves withholding certain information from the subjects, otherwise their choices are compromised and the research is invalid.

That sounds like you're implying that God isn't omniscient and therefore needs to conduct studies to make sure he/she/its/their research is valid.

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Great; and do you realize that religious people, regardless of being convinced of God's existence, nevertheless act in ways inconsistent with that belief?

You do as well—its normal human behavior. You procrastinate despite knowing your work is due. You don't eat right or exercise despite knowing the consequences. The list goes on—knowledge does not equal behavioral change. This work of fiction seems to have nailed it on the head don't you agree?

It would be a poor fiction writer who couldn't hit major observable foibles of humanity on the head, don't you agree?

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As to the OP, it's striking that YHWH repeatedly revealed himself in the OT in multiple ways on multiple occassions, having conversations, performing massive miracles like flooding the entire planet, plaguing Egypt spectacularly, and holding the sun still in the sky for the convenience of a battle, smiting folks, setting a booby trap on the Ark of the Convenant....why the policy change on YHWH's hiddenness?