"...such a display by God does not guarantee that it will lead to repentance and faith."

Right... as opposed to not bothering... and letting his 'followers' threaten with hellfire & damnnation if we don't have faith & repent just based on 2000 years of hearsay.

If those are God's rules, I doubt I'd want to spend eternity with him. His logic doesn't follow MY rules. (You should have seen the Jehovah's Witnesses' faces when I told them essentially that a few years ago. They don't come 'round any more. I think I'm on a list.)