{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"J Walking","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking","author_name":"J-Walking","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/author\/jwalking","title":"\"Politics chops off ears.  Jesus puts them back.\" - a note from a reader - J Walking","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"26V4S33FuF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2006\/11\/politics-chops-off-ears-jesus-puts.html\">&#8220;Politics chops off ears.   Jesus puts them back.&#8221; &#8212; a note from a reader<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2006\/11\/politics-chops-off-ears-jesus-puts.html\/embed#?secret=26V4S33FuF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;Politics chops off ears.   Jesus puts them back.&#8221; &#8212; a note from a reader&#8221; &#8212; J Walking\" data-secret=\"26V4S33FuF\" 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":"A very insightful reader emailed me this: &#8220;If the assumption of many is true that Judas Iscariot was a Jewish Zealot, then we can perhaps discern \u2013 even allegorically \u2013 that the political solution is not the worthy or productive one. According to the gospels Jesus was King of the Jews, yet never is he&hellip;"}