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 The ethical implications taken from Dualism are many and varied, and not all forms stem from a recognition of the core metaphysical fact of how God's power functioned (termed **Metaphysical Dualism**), which were widely suppressed throughout much of history. A crucial debate within Metaphysical Dualism is whether this fact about God stemmed from Their own intentions (as, to a **Humanist Dualist**, seemed most likely), or from something inherent about the cosmos they could not control, which rendered Heaven and Hell equally matched and humanity's decision to 'break the balance' for good all the more important (termed **Sympathetic Dualism**). A related position, sometimes not stemming from Metaphysical Dualism at all, is **Moral Dualism**, the belief that there is equal worth in Heaven and Hell, and that they should be equally matched. Moral Dualism was taken most seriously of the Dualist Heresies, as a stepping stone to witchcraft, but in order to repress the true nature of God, Metaphysical Dualism and Humanist Dualism were also rigorously persecuted under the Commission. Sympathetic Dualism lies more on the edge of orthodoxy, as long as it refrains from Metaphysical Dualist speculations, as the scripture continually stresses Hell's real danger. The ethical implications taken from Dualism are many and varied, and not all forms stem from a recognition of the core metaphysical fact of how God's power functioned (termed **Metaphysical Dualism**), which were widely suppressed throughout much of history. A crucial debate within Metaphysical Dualism is whether this fact about God stemmed from Their own intentions (as, to a **Humanist Dualist**, seemed most likely), or from something inherent about the cosmos they could not control, which rendered Heaven and Hell equally matched and humanity's decision to 'break the balance' for good all the more important (termed **Sympathetic Dualism**). A related position, sometimes not stemming from Metaphysical Dualism at all, is **Moral Dualism**, the belief that there is equal worth in Heaven and Hell, and that they should be equally matched. Moral Dualism was taken most seriously of the Dualist Heresies, as a stepping stone to witchcraft, but in order to repress the true nature of God, Metaphysical Dualism and Humanist Dualism were also rigorously persecuted under the Commission. Sympathetic Dualism lies more on the edge of orthodoxy, as long as it refrains from Metaphysical Dualist speculations, as the scripture continually stresses Hell's real danger.
  
-Josephine Sawnes had some (unrecognised) Sympathetic Dualist tendencies. Rena Sawnes was arrested on suspicion of Moral Dualism, as well as Georism.+Josephine Sawnes had some (unrecognised) Sympathetic Dualist tendencies; she leaned more conciously into it once it was legal.
  
 =====Pantheism===== =====Pantheism=====
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 A heresy widely criticised by those heretics who seek to change the world, Georism is often taken as the position that the world as it is is necessarily a perfect reflection of an omnipotent God's wishes; that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The original theory was subtler, stressing that all things that take place may have some underlying and beneficial purpose, and emerged centrally as an extrapolation from Heaven's emphasis on having humanity experience suffering and unsafety to learn from them and develop on their own, rather than simply providing them with a perfect world. Many have accused Pagatana Geor, its originator, of having little experience with true suffering at the time he developed his theories. Georism initially marked an attempt at refuting the principles underlying much heresy, that God does not ensure human happiness and that opposing cosmic principles appear to be equally matched. Geor was a member of the pre-Commission clerical establishment of his day, only to fall from grace after some extrapolated from his teaching that everything that occurs is preordained and thus morally justified, a position Heaven came to believe extremely dangerous (this is termed **Amoral Georism**). In its less extreme form, **Stoic Georism**, there is an emphasis on experiencing all suffering and negative experience with fortitude and the lessons that can be learned from it, and on the idea of suffering as a test, not an imposition. A heresy widely criticised by those heretics who seek to change the world, Georism is often taken as the position that the world as it is is necessarily a perfect reflection of an omnipotent God's wishes; that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The original theory was subtler, stressing that all things that take place may have some underlying and beneficial purpose, and emerged centrally as an extrapolation from Heaven's emphasis on having humanity experience suffering and unsafety to learn from them and develop on their own, rather than simply providing them with a perfect world. Many have accused Pagatana Geor, its originator, of having little experience with true suffering at the time he developed his theories. Georism initially marked an attempt at refuting the principles underlying much heresy, that God does not ensure human happiness and that opposing cosmic principles appear to be equally matched. Geor was a member of the pre-Commission clerical establishment of his day, only to fall from grace after some extrapolated from his teaching that everything that occurs is preordained and thus morally justified, a position Heaven came to believe extremely dangerous (this is termed **Amoral Georism**). In its less extreme form, **Stoic Georism**, there is an emphasis on experiencing all suffering and negative experience with fortitude and the lessons that can be learned from it, and on the idea of suffering as a test, not an imposition.
  
-David Sawnes initially had fairly strong (but unrecognised) tendencies towards Stoic Georism in his belief that the events in St Renagi's were all a divine test, and Rena Sawnes was arrested for it, in addition to Moral Dualism.+David Sawnes initially had fairly strong (but unrecognised) tendencies towards Stoic Georism in his belief that the events in St Renagi's were all a divine test; he leaned more consciously into Georism once it became legal.
  
 =====Witchcraft, Demons and Heresy (aka Thrl-dumping)===== =====Witchcraft, Demons and Heresy (aka Thrl-dumping)=====
  
-While demons often spread heretical ideology to support their own ends, few of them subscribe to it; spreading Mistrust and Unsafety is a goal in itself, and most heresies are centered on human concerns. Thrl is unique among canonically-defined demons (though likely not among all demons in history) for genuinely caring about human welfare and seeking to develop principles that allow them to maintain their inherent nature - fighting against the heavenly principles of authoritarianly-imposed Trust and Safety - while championing human well-being. This is partly because of how enmeshed they are with dreams, but primarily because of their experience of being saved by Winston Lay, an act of kindness lacking any ulterior motive. Struggling to fit this into their usual frames of reference, they decided they owed humanity as a whole a debt, and 'repaid' it by rescuing Alex Oakley (formerly Hawthorn Green, Oleander's sibling) from the explosion caused by Manatana. Ultimately, during the events at St. Renagi's, Amnity Thorne took the time to help Thrl reconcile their uncertainties about how their moral instincts fit with their demonic nature, and the two fell in love.+While demons often spread heretical ideology to support their own ends, few of them subscribe to it; spreading Mistrust and Unsafety is a goal in itself, and most heresies are centered on human concerns. Thrl is unique among canonically-defined demons (though likely not among all demons in history) for genuinely caring about human welfare and seeking to develop principles that allow them to maintain their inherent nature - fighting against the heavenly principles of authoritarianly-imposed Trust and Safety - while championing human well-being. This is partly because of how enmeshed they are with dreams, but primarily because of their experience of being saved by Winston Lay, an act of kindness lacking any ulterior motive. Struggling to fit this into their usual frames of reference, they decided they owed humanity as a whole a debt, and 'repaid' it by rescuing Alex Oakley (formerly Hawthorn Green, Oleander's sibling) from the explosion caused by Manatana.
  
 ===The Chain of NPC Heretics=== ===The Chain of NPC Heretics===
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     * Morgan's conflicts with faith began out of guilt after, as a child, they informed on Ellis Ransom's husband Wallace (who had a book from Gerard's library).     * Morgan's conflicts with faith began out of guilt after, as a child, they informed on Ellis Ransom's husband Wallace (who had a book from Gerard's library).
     * They were exacerbated when Celia confessed her Humanist feelings and they didn't feel safe to respond, and Celia was arrested and executed.     * They were exacerbated when Celia confessed her Humanist feelings and they didn't feel safe to respond, and Celia was arrested and executed.
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-And their influence on PCs: 
-  * Celia's death was a crucial catalyst to Amnity's interest in heresy, which led to her interactions with Morgan, Gerard and Alex, even as her focus on protecting her PC friends (in particular Wren) led to the interactions with Thrl that ultimately led to her bringing Thrl, Alex and Winston together again, and ending up in a relationship with Thrl. 
-  * Alex's disappearance led to Oleander making a deal with Thrl when they appeared saying they had information about Alex's whereabouts. 
-  * Wren read Winston's Where The Butterflies Go in their first turnsheet, having already had a longing to enter the Fens, and encountered him there, but was unable to speak to him due to his concealment from God. Tslt, a demon who had masqueraded as one of Wren's cats, was also there. 
-  * Thrl converted Theodore to Gnosticism, and he in turn ultimately converted Gerard and Miriam. 
  
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