believe in God can have very diverse understandings of “God.” What’s more, your conception of God has significant implications for your understanding of the universe, human beings, and your own nature and place in the universe. So how can we narrow things down? One of the most basic questions we can ask about the nature of God is simply this: Is God a personal being? We all have a basic understanding of what it means to be “personal.” A person has the capacity for conscious thought and experience,