Quote of the Day

Others with stories like mine have shown me repeatedly that the root of Westboro's ideology -- the idea that our beliefs were "the one true way" -- is not by any means limited to Westboro members.  In truth, that idea is common, widespread, and on display everywhere humans gather, from religious circles to political ones.  It gives a comforting sense of certainty, freeing the believer from existential angst and providing a sense of stability -- a foundation on which to build a life. But the costs of that certainty can be enormous and difficult to identify.  Ultimately, the same quality that makes Westboro so easy to dismiss -- it extremism -- is also what helps highlight the destructive nature of viewing the world in black and white, the danger of becoming calcified in a position and impervious to change.

-- Megan Phelps-Roper, Unfollow, p. 275-276