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Why not? Why is the New York forest any less likely a place that the Middle Eastern desert?

Why would God speak through prophets only in times past? If He did indeed speak through prophets in biblical times — and I believe He did — why would he stop forever?

These are rhetorical questions. I ask them only to point out that there is nothing any more or less rational about our religion than any other religion.

The whole point of Christ's life and death was to change the very nature of God's relationship with his children. He talks to us directly now. The life, death and Resurrection were ‘watershed” events for the lack of a better term, and things changed that night on the hill 2000 years ago. As Christ said "it is finished", his work was done until his return one day, and it is left up to use to spread that news. Everything, almost every prophecy of old lead up to that event.

Does that do way with the need for Prophets, perhaps not, and when something big is “in the works” he may well send one, but they will come and share a message that follows the same linear series of actions God has been making for all time, not some right hand turn off the path.

God also never has and never will sprinkle “prophets” around like candy at Christmas like the LDS does. Win an election to high church office and “poof” you are a “prophet”. Be wrong on dozens of prophecies and yet still be the oracle to God himself?

No I don't think so...

If He did indeed speak through prophets in biblical times — and I believe He did — why would he stop forever?

Why did HE give CLEAR instructions to detect a FALSE prophet?

Joseph Smith fits the description.