{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"slacktivist","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist","author_name":"Fred Clark","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/author\/fredclark1\/","title":"'Game of Thrones' and the Bible","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"iv9KYX8UdD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2016\/05\/30\/game-of-thrones-and-the-bible\/\">&#8216;Game of Thrones&#8217; and the Bible<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2016\/05\/30\/game-of-thrones-and-the-bible\/embed\/#?secret=iv9KYX8UdD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;&#8216;Game of Thrones&#8217; and the Bible&#8221; &#8212; slacktivist\" data-secret=\"iv9KYX8UdD\" 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":"Readers of \"Ulysses\" face the same danger that readers of \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" do -- the danger of confusing the two kinds of inconsistency and thus dismissing meaningful discrepancies as meaningless errors or, in the other direction, reading too much into simple errors and fabricating meanings where none was intended. This is true of any long text written and read by us humans. And, yes, that includes the Bible.","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/files\/2016\/05\/George.jpg"}