{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"My Journey of Conscience","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/myjourneyofconscience","author_name":"Domyo Burk","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/myjourneyofconscience\/author\/dburk\/","title":"What Good Is Religion, Anyway?","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hDnPWEshp3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/myjourneyofconscience\/2015\/04\/02\/what-good-is-religion-anyway\/\">What Good Is Religion, Anyway?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/myjourneyofconscience\/2015\/04\/02\/what-good-is-religion-anyway\/embed\/#?secret=hDnPWEshp3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What Good Is Religion, Anyway?&#8221; &#8212; My Journey of Conscience\" data-secret=\"hDnPWEshp3\" 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\/522\/2015\/04\/Domyo-Ordination-3-2-2001.jpg","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":228,"description":"When I contemplate the GOOD of my religion, I immediately start to think about some kind of grand scale. Like, what good does Zen Buddhism do the United States? What good is my religion to the people who don't practice it? What kind of positive impact does it have on poverty, injustice, and climate change?  When I think like this I get confused pretty fast, because I really don't know."}