Book VIII
What Has Been Tried and Found Insufficient
“We list them not to condemn but to save time.”
A heresy in the Church of the Metaphysical Dichotomy is not a sin. It is a mistake in reasoning — a collapse of the Dichotomy into a false unity, or a false division of what is truly one.
The Church maintains this list not to punish but to provide clarity. These things have been tried. They did not work. Here is why.
Heresy 1
The False Resolution is the belief that the Dichotomy must eventually collapse into a single truth. This is the most common heresy and the most understandable. The discomfort of holding two truths is real. The desire to resolve it is natural.
But resolution is not the point. The tension is the point. The Church holds the tension as the sacred thing.
Heresy 2
Heresy The Second is the act of claiming to have "sat with it" when one has not, in fact, sat with anything.
There is a minimum period of sitting. It is sixty seconds. This is not long. The Church is aware that this is not long. And yet it is violated constantly. The Church is also aware of this.
Heresy 3
Heresy The Third is the use of the Dichotomy as a shield against making decisions that must be made. The Dichotomy teaches that both sides can be true. It does not teach that this is a reason to do nothing.
"I'm holding the tension" is not an acceptable answer to "are you coming to dinner tonight."