We should all aspire to embrace a second-century heresy?
The Donatists began in the 4th century.
What heresy do you speak of?
If you look at the primary sources, they wanted to return to NT Christianity, opposed infant baptism, and opposed the chickenshit church leadership that departed during the persecutions, and wanted to come back in as if nothing happened.
So, yeah, Maureen Tilley was one of my professors.