It was born as a state weapon of murder, and it still persists in some countries as a state apparatus, even if its not officially connected to the state. Theologically, its interesting and it does make good points which have been lost in the west, but it also has the same "accretions" that it talks a lot about - just, earlier accretions than the ones they point to in Protestantism. EO arrived at its current state via a succession of purity tests, where they first defined which books go into the Bible (325 ad) and murdered people who continued using other books, then selectively narrowed how to interpret verses in those books, and again murdered people who taught/believed earlier interpretations. The worst tyrannies are only possible when the state and religion merge - and that is EO's singular goal.

Beware of them. They are extraordinarily dangerous, and not interested in honest conversation about theology.