{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Politics and Religion","provider_url":"https:\/\/hushbeck.com\/blog","author_name":"Elgin Hushbeck","author_url":"https:\/\/hushbeck.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Don\u2019t Question the Priests - Politics and Religion","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FtGCY0JBRH\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hushbeck.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/don%e2%80%99t-question-the-priests\/\">Don\u2019t Question the Priests<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/hushbeck.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/don%e2%80%99t-question-the-priests\/embed\/#?secret=FtGCY0JBRH\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Don\u2019t Question the Priests&#8221; &#8212; Politics and Religion\" data-secret=\"FtGCY0JBRH\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"There is a stereotypical view, particularly among atheists, that in religion one must just mindlessly accept whatever the religious authorities say. \u00a0As with most stereotypes, this is false if applied universally and falls under the fallacy of Hasty Generalization. (see Acts 17:11 for a NT example). Recently I have been noticing a similar phenomenon from [&hellip;]"}