Although 91.8% of Americans say they believe in God, there is a lot of room for difference in what they mean by "believe" and by "God."
Baylor University has recently conducted the most extensive survey of American religious beliefs. They found belief in God falling into four views:
31% The Authoritarian God
24% The Distant God
23% The Benevolent God
16% The Critical God
"Still, says Baylor's Christopher Bader, “you learn more about people's moral and political behavior if you know their image of God than almost any other measure. It turns out to be more powerful a predictor of social and political views than the usual markers of church attendance or belief in the Bible.”"
Still, I don't like any of these labels for the God I worship, who is much bigger than labels.
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