$ 0 0 At the 1:15 minute mark of the following video clip, former Westboro Baptist Church member, Lauren Drain, discusses the perceived value of persecution. http://uverseonline.att.net/tv/show/cbs-this-morning-saturday?play=c___ZOztognT6xL0Joseph Smith used "persecutory solidarity" to build the Mormon church.http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/10/mormonism-is-not-christian-founding.htmlAt intervals, "persecutory solidarity" has been the lifeblood of many conservative Christian sects.***My kind of Christian:Salvation through humor.http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/03/saint-philip-neri-trickster.html