{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"A Fear of Whales","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fearofwhales","author_name":"rgaffney","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fearofwhales\/author\/rgaffney","title":"The Majority Of Scholars - A Fear of Whales","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CULeMJr8xe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fearofwhales\/2015\/02\/the-majority-of-scholars.html\">The Majority Of Scholars<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fearofwhales\/2015\/02\/the-majority-of-scholars.html\/embed#?secret=CULeMJr8xe\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Majority Of Scholars&#8221; &#8212; A Fear of Whales\" data-secret=\"CULeMJr8xe\" 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":"There is a phrase I have been hearing a lot, which I have come to detest. \u201cThe majority of scholars agree that\u2026\u201d It is raised in bar rooms and classrooms, it comes up in discussions about every subject, at seemingly every level. It is a useless thing to say. I understand why a person would&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fearofwhales\/files\/2015\/02\/scholars_thumb.jpg"}