IF God exists (emphasis on "if" there), then BASED ON CURRENT EVIDENCE at our disposal, I would say that NO, God would not communicate directly to everyone. All current evidence points to a God who very VERY much wants to keep his existence a big secret. Communicating through a select few, giving certain people personal experiences and not others, making the Earth appear billions of years old, etc.
It is unreasonable because, BASED ON CURRENT EVIDENCE, God does not want to communicate directly to everyone. Whatever plan He's got going on, communicating directly to everyone is NOT a part of it. If He exists, He has decided to allow there to be a massive amount of confusion over what His nature is, which version of "God" humans have correct, which religion even has the correct "God" attributed to it, He allowed many multiple texts to be written, all different within different belief systems, many containing multiple Gods, He's not stepped in to clarify any of it, or if He has, then He's done so MULTIPLE TIMES, THROUGH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO ALSO REPORT DIFFERENT "UPDATES."
That's great, that's just great... You nipped it right in the bud.
I knew I could count on good responses from the the *rational atheists* on this forum.
Rational people should stick to the evidence. And again, BASED ON CURRENT EVIDENCE, God is not going to communicate directly to everyone. Still not a bad question to wonder WHY that's the case though. Don't have to have an expectation necessarily - just simply asking a question: WHY DOESN'T GOD COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY TO EVERYONE? Especially given many theists' framing of the situation as "God cares about everyone." So, the question can further be simplified: "If He cares about everyone, then why does God not grant the same opportunity to believe via evidence to everyone?" And the utterly confounding nature of that question has led some theists (especially recently I have noticed) to come to the conclusion, and begin to preach that God DOESN'T care about everyone to the same degree. That there are "chosen people," and some people that are just there to get crapped on by the system, apparently (Go chaff!). It's all rather comedic... because those same people will adamantly state that no one can know the mind of God - and yet there they are, telling you they do. Good for a laugh.
Well, I can give you some reasons why God does not communicate directly to everyone according to my religious beliefs.
First, nobody could ever understand direct communication from God unless they had a dual nature, a divine and human nature. Messengers/Prophets have a dual nature and that is why God can speak to them through the Holy Spirit. They alone can understand God because if their divine nature, and because they also have a human nature they can translate what God says into language that humans can understand. This all makes logical sense if people can get beyond their confirmation bias. Yes, everything you said above is correct about all the conflicting religions and messages, but there is an explanation for that too.
There is a logical explanation for everything *I believe* as otherwise I would not believe it.
Secondly, even if we could understand God directly, God has *no need* for anyone let alone everyone to believe in Him thus no reason to make Himself known through direct communication or any other way, say like putting a banner in the sky "I am God and I exist" in every region of the world. But how would you know it was from God anyway? It could be from a space alien. Likewise, if you heard a voice in your head saying "I am God and I have a message" how would you know it was God and that you were not just psychotic?
Thirdly, aside from what I said above, another reason God uses Messengers and scriptures to get His messages to humans is so people can exercise their free will and *choose* to believe or disbelieve. It is clear from scriptures in the Bible and other Abrahamic religions that God wants belief only from people who meet certain criteria.
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
If God communicated directly to everyone and that *succeeded* in making everyone believe God exists, then belief would no longer be a choice. No, it will not fly that we would still have a choice, because once we know God exists we no longer have a choice whether to believe or not. True, we still have a choice whether to love and obey God, but once we know we know and then we are stuck with that knowing whether we like it or not.
For example, I do not love God all that much but I still try to follow the teachings and laws of my religion. My husband says I should be an atheist because I do not *really believe* that God is all the things He is cracked up to be in scriptures,
loving, merciful, and compassionate, etc. I told him I cannot not believe God exists because I believe God exists but that does not mean I have to like God or love God. That is my own struggle to deal with. I just cannot believe an omnipotent/ loving God would allow so much suffering in the world and what makes it all the worse is the uneven distribution of suffering. Sure, much human suffering is brought on by human free will choices but that does not account for all the suffering humans endure. Some people become collateral damage because of some evil person or they get diseases or have accidents that are not their fault.... But we are just supposed to *believe* God is loving. Sorry, I cannot do it most of the time. All I can do is hope that God understands why and forgives me.