Ultimately God is unknowable. The problem has always been how to speak of God in such a way that our very attempts to articulate anything are not an instant idol. Furthermore as our cosmology changes we have to adjust the ways in which we speak of God. So, this is how I think of God in our quantum universe.
Christians believe the nearest insight we have is Jesus on the cross. This image, and the story that accompanies it, tells us of God's radical commitment to the marginalised.
Atheists do Christians a great favour by reminding us of our idols. The issue for Christians is not atheism but idolatry. I have never heard an atheist deny the God I know but they are very good at spotting idols (so I better watch out!) Would that Christians were as good at idol spotting. Atheists reject false images of God but cannot see any reality beyond these idols.
The key to the Christian faith is not right belief but humility or Christian Perfection. Extremist Christians will appeal to one of these idolatrous gods, they see the same gods as atheists but they embrace them. We must as Christians accept our faith as provisional. Once we do this, we find space in our lives for the love that comes from God.
What has this to do with a quantum universe? It does not mean we are uncertain about God. It is the practice of humility that frees us from the tyranny of certainty. When we make space for God in our lives, our lives are opened up to new possibilities. To be certain is the opposite of humility. It creates divisions as it struggles to recruit more people to the one and only truth.
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