"If i am asked flat out "Do you believe in god?""
There are thousands of assorted gods that billions of people have believed in. When asking about the biblical God the right question is "Do you believe in Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews and the God of the armies?"
Most religious people tend to disassociate themselves from the biblical God Yahweh for a number of reasons and probably no more than a handful of people on the planet actually believe in him. It's doubtful if any Catholics do because they love their idols too much. They completely ignore all of the commandments about not making idols and images and other artwork. So they don't take that particular God seriously.
There are thousands of assorted gods that billions of people have believed in. When asking about the biblical God the right question is "Do you believe in Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews and the God of the armies?"
Most religious people tend to disassociate themselves from the biblical God Yahweh for a number of reasons and probably no more than a handful of people on the planet actually believe in him. It's doubtful if any Catholics do because they love their idols too much. They completely ignore all of the commandments about not making idols and images and other artwork. So they don't take that particular God seriously.