Catharism today

We have been thinking of taking a self-drive barge cruise in the southwest of France next spring. Watching videos about the Canal du Midi and other barging options in that area, at the same time as my Senior College class was wrestling with some of the God-man puzzles in Paradise Lost, drove my thoughts to the Cathars, who lived there. The Cathars believed in a duality of God and Satan. Of course, this upset the good Catholic fathers, and the crusaders wiped out the Cathars in the thirteenth century. Many of their buildings still stand, and I understand that their beliefs are having a resurgence today. Makes sense to me. Give God credit for the cheap Belgian waffle iron and the spork. From Satan: the zipper, the blister pack.