Old God

The entity historically referred to as God—here designated old God—has long been invoked as an answer to unexplained phenomena, especially the existence of Being itself. But this invocation does not resolve the problem. It repositions it.

To claim that old God explains Existence is to propose that Existence depends on a prior being. But this immediately raises a deeper question: what then explains the being that explains Existence?

If old God exists, it must either be part of Existence or beyond it.

If it is part of Existence, then it cannot serve as its foundation. It is a contained element, not the condition of the whole.

If it is said to be beyond Existence, the claim collapses. Nothing lies beyond Being. To exist “outside” of existence is structurally incoherent—there is no frame in which such a being could be.

Any entity invoked as the ground of all Being must itself be grounded. If it is not grounded, then it is arbitrary. If it is grounded, then it is not ultimate. In either case, it fails to serve as a final explanation.

There is no verified experience of such a being.
There is no logical requirement for invoking one.
There is no gain in explanatory coherence.
Old God does not clarify—it defers.
It does not illuminate—it obscures.
Its function is dispensable, and its structure incoherent.

Thus, the concept of old God is not only unneeded.
It is untenable.
It should be discarded.

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