Fleeing the grip of a sect can be a matter of life or death. Megan Phelps-Roper,and two other former believers, reveal how they lost nearly everything when they lost their faithMy first memories are of picketing ex-servicemen’s funerals and telling their families they were going to burn in hell. For us, and it was a celebration. My gramps was the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church,so it wasn’t just our religion – it was our whole life. I don’t remember much before the picketing. I was allowed to mix with other kids early on, but over time my world shrank.
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Source: theguardian.com