God hasn’t been removed from the picture; he’s been relocated. Where did God go? There are as many answers as there are people. Consider some conversations I’ve had recently:

At the start of the semester, I met a young man of Indian descent and Hindu religion. He approached me because he’d watched The Chosen and wanted to discuss Jesus and the Bible. We discussed faith for a few weeks, but I haven’t seen him since.
A young woman at my gym’s front desk was reading a book on neuroscience, and when I asked her about it, she shared that her interest stemmed from experiencing radical healing of her uterine pain. She credited her healing to the practices of mindfulness, meditation, and manifestation.
During an airport layover, a woman saw me reading a Bible commentary and wanted to talk about religion. She quoted an orthodox saying from her Baptist upbringing that “God has a purpose for whatever you’re going through.” Yet by the end of the conversation, I learned that, alongside believing in God’s providence, she engages in rituals involving crystals. She said they help her feel grounded and connected to her ancestors.
When I shared with a young man from my gym that I’m a pastor, he told me he was a believer, too, but he came to faith without ever going to church or opening a Bible. He came to faith simply through conversations with friends and YouTube videos.