When you reflect back on your time in westborough, it must feel at least slightly jarring to reconcile that megan with the megan you are to day. I do not try to distance myself from it. But i think part of what helps me have such a posture of grace toward other people is because i remember what it's like to be absolutely persuaded by very bad ideas. Because if somebody is doing bad but has good intentions, you know, you at least have the intentions to tap into. If you can just help them reframe whatever the situation is, then there is a possibility for change.
Megan Phelps-Roper was born into the Westboro Baptist Church, a religious cult called the most rabid hate groups in America. Megan was a true believer and one of the Church’s most vocal advocates...until one day, she changed her mind.
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