Why Would God Hide?

[dissily mordentroge]

To the Christian this appears to be impossible to avoid, seeing as how every single human being who ever existed has sinned against god.
God may not have created the universe for robotic beings, but he certainly doesn't seem to have created it for humans, seeing as the one thing that makes us human is the one thing that puts us all on the negative side of god's ledger, without fail.

One night many years ago I found myself at a party beside a very drunk catholic theologian and philosophy lecturer of the Roman kind. I put to him the simple question "How is it the Catholic church has such lasting power over it's members" The answer shocked me but does make a twisted kind of sense. 'How do you control the masses? Simple, invent a moral code so strict no-body can fully live by it, they weaken and sin then feel guilty. You've got them in your power"
Said theologian claimed when he'd sobered up he said no such thing. Never did learn if he was speaking for the Almighty, The Church Hierarchy or both.