{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"John Beckett","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett","author_name":"John Beckett","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/author\/johnbeckett","title":"Ross Douthat Wants You To Believe","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MXw3ZgAnak\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2025\/02\/ross-douthat-wants-you-to-believe.html\">Ross Douthat Wants You To Believe<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2025\/02\/ross-douthat-wants-you-to-believe.html\/embed#?secret=MXw3ZgAnak\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Ross Douthat Wants You To Believe&#8221; &#8212; John Beckett\" data-secret=\"MXw3ZgAnak\" 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\/243\/2025\/02\/Believe-02.20.25-02.jpg","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":900,"description":"New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has a new book titled Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious. The error of saying that \u201ceveryone\u201d should be anything aside, it\u2019s good, though not perfect. But it wasn\u2019t written for me, and probably not for you either."}