▁, ▁Y us uf ▁Ali ) ▁ ▁J uda ism ▁Jewish ▁the ology ▁states ▁that ▁God ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁person . ▁However , ▁there ▁exist ▁frequent ▁references ▁to ▁anth rop omorphic ▁characteristics ▁of ▁God ▁in ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁" Hand ▁of ▁God ." ▁J uda ism ▁holds ▁that ▁these ▁are ▁to ▁be ▁taken ▁only ▁as ▁figures ▁of ▁speech . ▁Their ▁purpose ▁is ▁to ▁make ▁God ▁more ▁compreh ens ible ▁to ▁the ▁human ▁reader . ▁As ▁God ▁is ▁beyond ▁human ▁understanding , ▁there ▁are ▁different ▁ways ▁of ▁describing ▁him . ▁He ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁both ▁personal ▁and ▁imp erson al ; ▁he ▁has ▁a ▁relationship ▁with ▁his ▁creation ▁but ▁is ▁beyond ▁all ▁relationships . ▁ ▁De ism ▁In ▁general , ▁most ▁de ists ▁view ▁God ▁as ▁a ▁personal ▁God . ▁This ▁is ▁illustrated ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 7 th - century ▁assert ions ▁of ▁Lord ▁Edward ▁Herbert , ▁univers ally ▁regarded ▁as ▁the ▁Father ▁of ▁English ▁de ism , ▁which ▁stated ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁one ▁Supreme ▁God , ▁and ▁he ▁ought ▁to ▁be ▁worship ed . ▁However , ▁de ism ▁is ▁a ▁general ▁belief ▁en comp ass ing ▁people ▁with ▁varying ▁specific ▁belief s , ▁and ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁God ▁as ▁a ▁personal ▁God ▁cannot ▁be ▁as cribed ▁to ▁all ▁de ists . ▁ ▁Christian ▁De ism ▁Christian ▁de ism ▁is ▁a ▁term ▁applied ▁both ▁to ▁Christians ▁who ▁incorpor ate ▁de istic ▁principles ▁into ▁their ▁belief s ▁and ▁to ▁de ists ▁who ▁follow ▁the ▁moral ▁teach ings ▁of ▁Jesus