SΔϕ-61 — God and Gui: Non-Transactional Divinity, Transactional Sacred Authority, and the Cost Terrain of Transcendent Claims

This working paper introduces the God–Gui distinction within the Sofience–Δϕ (SΔϕ) Formalism. In SΔϕ, God is defined minimally as a non-transactional omnipotent condition: a transcendent condition that does not enter human paths of exchange, command, negotiation, punishment, reward, agreement, or institutional justification. By contrast, Gui is introduced as a technical term for a transactional transcendent actor: a sacred or transcendent authority that enters human cost-attribution paths through command, ritual exchange, offering, punishment, reward, protection, prohibition, obedience, or negotiation. The paper does not prove or disprove God. It does not score faith, sacredness, revelation, or religious…