The Left has an “Anything But Christianity” attitude because it wants to erase individuality and God-given human rights — both products of Christianity — to empower government.  The most obvious trait of leftists — a broad coalition of social, political, and cultural movements and organizations whose aim has been to establish socialism across the Western world —  has been their distaste for Judeo-Christian mores and culture.  Leftists may disagree on a range of issues, but they are generally united in their hostility to Christianity, as well as their accommodation of nearly every other type of religion, from the philosophy religions of the East to the various shamanic and animistic traditions of the world’s aboriginal peoples.  Read more: https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/34255-the-left-s-abc-anything-but-christianity-syndrome

Netflix may be setting itself up for yet another religious-tinged controversy with the unveiling of Messiah, an upcoming original series about a mysterious figure who emerges in the modern day, appearing to herald the Second Coming.  Messiah follows a man known only as al-Masih, who travels the earth performing apparent miracles and inspiring a movement of followers for an as-yet-unrevealed purpose, and a tenacious CIA agent’s attempts to expose him as a fraud.  The show will “examine the tenuous relationship between people and politics in the age of social media by telling al-Masih's story through the eyes of both his followers and his foes,” But it also remains to be seen whether the plot casts religious devotion in a positive or negative light.  Read more: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-religious-controversy-at-netflix-over-thriller-about-alleged-second-messiah

For the grievous sin of calling for government to play a greater role in regulating a noxious industry complicit in human trafficking, retarding children’s sexual development, and destroying marriages, the libertarian mafia on Twitter went haywire. “If you don’t like porn, don’t watch it,” tweeted high school activist CJ Pearson. “Social conservatives need to realize that we can handle pornography and other social ills without turning America into a Christian version of Saudi Arabia,” warned Casey Given. “We must never let lazy moralizing force us to surrender our freedom to the government.” Only libertarians understand “how the Founders wanted our government to run,” the Libertarian party’s official Twitter account hectored yours truly.  What utter tripe.  Read more:  https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-at-first-things-porn-is-not-a-blessing-of-liberty

A U.S. official said that the Saudi national who shot and killed three people at the U.S. naval base in Pensacola, Florida, had watched videos of mass shootings the night before.  The shooter hosted a dinner party in which the guests watched the videos, according to a Saturday report by the Associated Press. The official also said that authorities told him that a Saudi student recorded the shooting taking place.  The official said that 10 Saudi students are in custody at the Florida naval base while several others' whereabouts are unknown.  Read more: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/us-official-shooter-at-florida-base-watched-videos-of-mass-shootings-night-before-attack

The Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera has reported that Vatican prosecutors are investigating how funds from Peter’s Pence have been allegedly invested in loss-making enterprises as well as a movie censored in some countries because of its explicit homosexual scenes.  In the latest in a string of recent stories involving financial misconduct at the Holy See, the Secretariat of State reportedly invested more than $1 million in the movie Rocketman, a biopic of the singer Elton John, and $3.6 million in Men in Black: International.  Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/report-vatican-invested-peters-pence-funds-in-elton-john-biopic