{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Jesus Creed","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed","author_name":"Scot McKnight","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/author\/scotmcknight\/","title":"Apologetics in a Postmodern World 3","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"F8m9pkUMi8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2010\/09\/22\/apologetics-in-a-postmodern-world-3\/\">Apologetics in a Postmodern World 3<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2010\/09\/22\/apologetics-in-a-postmodern-world-3\/embed\/#?secret=F8m9pkUMi8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Apologetics in a Postmodern World 3&#8221; &#8212; Jesus Creed\" data-secret=\"F8m9pkUMi8\" 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":"One time a student came to my office and rather doggedly and aggressively said, \"I don't believe in God.\" I knew the student a bit and I knew the student's family, and I knew enough about the situation to say something that can only be taken as a \"prompting.\" I said to him, \"What I think is that you don't like your dad.\" He stared at me so I suggested more: \"You don't really not believe in God. You don't like your dad, and your dad is a pastor and therefore you reject not only your dad but everything he stands for.\"  Odd thing is that the student agreed with me. Over his college career he gained back most of his faith.  I don't do that sort of thing very often, but I did then. The whole idea -- that our faith in God is connected to our faith in our father -- is hardly a new idea, but it all came back to me in reading Paul Vitz's essay ....","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/files\/2010\/09\/Freud-235x300.jpg"}