Facebook and religion go together like … nothing. They don’t go together. Yet, the social media giant that regularly creates obstacles for truth — such as against prolife group — has their sights set on religion. 
The New York Times reported, Facebook’s Next Target: The Religious Experience. The subheading: “The company is intensifying formal partnerships with faith groups across the United States and shaping the future of religious experience.”
That word “shaping” gets caught in my brain. Facebook has been trying to “shape” a lot about our lives. And now, they are delving into religion? Funny. Stick with the clever memes, Facebook, and how about you start letting prolife groups share the truth about the sanctity of unborn human life.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, went from Jewish to atheist to some sort of belief in God with a friendly nod to Buddhism. He even met with Pope Francis in August of 2016. Great. But when truth gets blocked — a Facebook specialty for select topics — it’s incompatible with religion.
My own Catholic faith is not about agenda. (Note: clergy living lies are not ambassadors of Catholic truth.) We might get accused of having an agenda, but it’s only true if you can say that Jesus has one, which I guess he actually does — wanting souls in heaven with him for all eternity. First-century haters tried to cancel him because they did not want to hear about renouncing sin or the price of salvation. They did not want to believe that Jesus, with only an army of fisherman and sandal-clad disciples preaching repentance, should be heard.