7 different Gods — which one do you believe in?

…and why it matters!

Image: Michelangelo Buonarroti — Hands of God and Adam, detail from The Creation of Adam, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling, 1511

Throughout human history there have been many ways in which societies have conceived of their god or gods. The idea of god that a society develops offers a deep insight into the character of the people in that society. In modern Western society, where we are encouraged to be individuals, it becomes more difficult to maintain collective ideas and…