{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Cranach","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith","author_name":"Gene Veith","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/author\/geneveith\/","title":"The Evil That Considers Itself Good","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"l1WIZxLJ4S\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2023\/05\/the-evil-that-considers-itself-good\/\">The Evil That Considers Itself Good<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2023\/05\/the-evil-that-considers-itself-good\/embed\/#?secret=l1WIZxLJ4S\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Evil That Considers Itself Good&#8221; &#8212; Cranach\" data-secret=\"l1WIZxLJ4S\" 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","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/305\/2023\/05\/Gulag-prisoners-scaled.jpg","thumbnail_width":768,"thumbnail_height":432,"description":"This is the 50th anniversary of \"The Gulag Archipelago,\" which documented Communist atrocities. Its author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, said that ideology is what allows people to do evil while considering it to be good. This echoes Biblical teachings. But Christianity too can be distorted into an ideology."}