Today, most 'edutainment' content relating to CoE focuses on framing it as a serious religion, or even a cult, and can mainly be found on Youtube, made by people who choose to conveniently leave out or change specific information to make their videos appear as shocking as possible to an audience who doesn't care to do any external research. The truth is that CoE was at most an antinatalist activist organization who spread extremist yet satirical messages in order to get attention from the general public. There were no Heaven's Gate style mass suicides, or actual promotion of murder. If there were then Chris Korda would most definitely be in prison.

The church has only one commandment, being "thou shalt not procreate". Breaking this commandment will get you immediately kicked out of the church, it is also the only way to be kicked out. Those who already have children before joining are still allowed, as long as they do not have any more children. CoE mainly focuses on lowering the human population, in order to restore balance between humans and the remaining species on Earth, as opposed to another common antinatalist view that believes that being alive is guaranteed suffering and that it is unethical to force a child to live in the current state of the world.

Two aspects in CoE that often get criticized is the promotion of suicide and cannibalism. I have very mixed feelings on this, as although there's an in-depth guide to cannibalism on the site (as well as this site...), as well as a link leading to a document of how to perform the most effective suicide methods, they aren't necessarily meant to be taken entirely seriously. CoE's website outright states that neither of these pillars have to actually be performed. I haven't heard of any cases of cannibalsm resulting from CoE, however it is important to note that the 'internet suicide file' originates from the website of a newsgroup specifically meant for suicidal people to talk with each other, and there have been members from this group who have killed themselves. In my opinion, I don't blame the newsgroup for causing these deaths, as it's original intention was for people who were already suicidal to discuss the idea of seasonal depression.

At first glance one could argue that CoE did a horrible job at promoting antinatalist beliefs due to the public being so adamantly against them, but the truth is that they were the only group of people who brought a significant amount of attention to the cause. Antinatalist groups that exist on the internet currently don't attract nearly as much curiosity because they typically talk among themselves, sharing the same viewpoints over and over again. The most interesting thing you'll find on any antinatalism subreddit is stories about how OP pwned some breeder, as well as the occasional meme.

The strategy of promoting messages such as "Kill Your Fetus Not Your Pet", "Save the Planet--Kill Yourself", and "Eat A Queer Fetus For Jesus" works because it makes people consider ideas that they've likely never thought about. When people do more research on CoE, they get exposed to actual antinatalist views. "Radicalization" isn't the right word, but it's the first word that comes to mind.