We had never learned how to "agree to disagree," because to church members, such a concept was blasphemous. Can two walk together, except they be agreed? What communion hath light with darkness? At Westboro, every decision had moral implications. Every question had a single correct answer. Miscommunication required blame, and mistakes required punishment. My sister and I knew how to cajole, issue ultimatums, attribute ill motives, and assign moral failure to the other party in a dispute, but we couldn't compromise and we couldn't move forward without a resolution as to which of us was in the wrong. Without an absolute authority who could resolve the problem and declare one side as just and righteous, we floundered [in the days and months after leaving the church].
-- Megan Phelps-Roper, Unfollow, p. 227
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