Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.1AI

[Now, let me propose, along with most Progressives, that God does not exist.

Unfortunately, the relational structure of the spontaneous order of our times (that is, our current Lebenswelt) requires us to posit a symbolic element that stands for “the object that brings us into relation”. Without this symbolic element, no symbolic order can support social construction (plus subsequent sensible construction).

For Christians, this object includes the Triune God, the One God that encompasses all three realms of existence. Three Persons dwell in One True God.

My selection of “recognition” as a key descriptor is suggestive, but not exclusive. This may seem strange, since normal contexts follow the laws of exclusivity. But then, the divine triadic relation encompasses “the existence of of all triadic relations”, if that makes any sense.

For Christendom, “Recognition of Jesus as the Son of the Father” brings us all into relation.]