{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Leaving Salem","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/leavingsalem","author_name":"ronniemcbrayer","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/leavingsalem\/author\/ronniemcbrayer","title":"Why Be Afraid of the Truth? - Leaving Salem","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MVlIW4jMfm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/leavingsalem\/2012\/03\/why-be-afraid-of-the-truth.html\">Why Be Afraid of the Truth?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/leavingsalem\/2012\/03\/why-be-afraid-of-the-truth.html\/embed#?secret=MVlIW4jMfm\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Why Be Afraid of the Truth?&#8221; &#8212; Leaving Salem\" data-secret=\"MVlIW4jMfm\" 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":"Maybe Buddhists and Hindus are just as stubborn as Christians, but I don\u2019t think so. We Christians are about as inflexible as they come. Of course many are all too happy with this assessment, equating rigidity with holiness. I\u2019m just not so sure. Consider our friend Galileo. Remember him from your middle school science class?&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/leavingsalem\/files\/2012\/03\/gal-150x150.jpg"}