Doesn't divine hiddenness disprove God?

"God is hidden to those who don't believe," doesn't work in helping others see why He exists. It simply frustrates and confirms their suspicians.

It has been claimed that if a god existed, he would make himself so obvious that no one would doubt his existence. To what end would hiding make any sense?

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The divine hiddenness argument isn't unwarranted. In fact, it's the very reason a multitude of religions throughout history have had physical objects as their gods. They have tried to prove their gods by creating them.

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There are an array of issues to be explored here, but I'll try to be brief.

For instance, were God a singular physical presence, He wouldn't be omnipresent. The person of Jesus was simply a physical person of a spiritual God. Even the physical person of God was rejected.

Let's consider: people reject the written text as evidence, people reject dreams and visions as evidence, people reject prophecies as evidence, people reject creation itself as evidence, people reject testimonies as evidence, and people rejected God made manifest in human form as evidence.

On that note, if in fact there is a god, and the God of the Bible is that god, the grand narrative of the Bible actually matters and must be explored. And, I'd hate to reject that god based on presuppositions.

God made Himself blatantly obvious in the beginning. Humanity rejected Him, and the consequences were that we got what we wanted. Simply put, we don't want Him, and He won't force Himself upon us.

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Here's the thing. God is spirit, and a visual of His presence or revelation only goes so for the person who doesn't want to accept Him.

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Reference Points:

1. Hebrews 1:1-2 speaks of the person of Jesus and the creation saying, "On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe."