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What does it matter ?
I think it matters because God can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Are we talking about Plotinus' "ฯฮฟ แผฮฝ" or are we talking about Allah? This is the problem with these kinds of questions. It's difficult to discuss the nature of what God even could be, before we get on to whether or not you "believe" in it. As other posters have pointed out, even the language of "belief" is generally inadequate as a starting place.
You're trying to answer a question that wasn't even asked.
What question am I trying to answer?
"What is the nature of god that people believe in" instead of "why people believe in ". The nature of what they believe wasn't relevant to the question.