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Not true tc.
When you're resorting to the God Rule to solve something, you are simply fixing it. "Making rulings on things not covered in the book". There are situations where the ball goes dead BY RULE, and for many of those, you are correct - runners return even if only 1 step short of a base.
However, there are many others where the ball goes dead and runners are advanced (ball out of play comes immediately to mind - runner tagged out after being obstructed as well - probably many more). The mere fact that the ball is dead (without knowing the reason) does not mean runners cannot be placed in advance of their current position.
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