'There is academic controversy about whether Catharism was an organized religion or whether the medieval Church imagined or exaggerated it. The lack of any central organisation among Cathars and regional differences in beliefs and practices has prompted some scholars to question whether the Church exaggerated its threat while others wonder whether it even existed.'

'Several times in history the term "Cathar" was used to different groups that were deemed as heretics rather than a specific one .... It is certain that these "Cathars" were not the same as the self-designated The Perfecti of the Albigenses, however reflects the historical usage of the term in orthodox circles as a term to designate "heretics".'

So, yeah, neither the Cathars nor the Catholics needed to accommodate the extremists among them who perceived an existential threat, it always comes from extremism (declaration of separation) as I said.

It sounds like you're lumping together the entire history of churches against heretics with a small subset of it composed of churches against gnostics, that's why I got confused.

I appreciate the Deschner link, which I read with interest as it's always important to know the sordid history of people you work with.

Well, Monad is not a person

You say it's a consciousness. Who is the first person then? Serious question. It would be more accurate to say the Monad is beyond personality, resolving everything we can positively postulate about personality and nonpersonality.

And the symptom of receiving this transmission, the sign that the signal is reaching you is a sound that seems to come from inside your own head.

Can you distinguish this signal from other signals that have similar characteristics? Serious question.

'There is academic controversy about whether Catharism was an organized religion or whether the medieval Church imagined or exaggerated it. The lack of any central organisation among Cathars and regional differences in beliefs and practices has prompted some scholars to question whether the Church exaggerated its threat while others wonder whether it even existed.'

'Several times in history the term "Cathar" was used to different groups that were deemed as heretics rather than a specific one .... It is certain that these "Cathars" were not the same as the self-designated The Perfecti of the Albigenses, however reflects the historical usage of the term in orthodox circles as a term to designate "heretics".'

So, yeah, neither the Cathars nor the Catholics needed to accommodate the extremists among them who perceived an existential threat, it always comes from extremism (declaration of separation) as I said.

It sounds like you're lumping together the entire history of churches against heretics with a small subset of it composed of churches against gnostics, that's why I got confused.

I appreciate the Deschner link, which I read with interest as it's always important to know the sordid history of people you work with.

Well, Monad is not a person

You say it's a consciousness. Who is the first person then? Serious question. It would be more accurate to say the Monad is beyond personality, resolving everything we can positively postulate about personality and nonpersonality.

And the symptom of receiving this transmission, the sign that the signal is reaching you is a sound that seems to come from inside your own head.

Can you distinguish this signals from other signals that have similar characteristics? Serious question.