A U.S. Army training instructor listed Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as examples of religious extremism along with Al Qaeda and Hamas during a briefing with an Army Reserve unit based in Pennsylvania, Fox News has learned.

We find this offensive to have Evangelical Christians and the Catholic Church to be listed among known terrorist groups,” said Ron Crews, executive director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty. “It is dishonorable for any U.S. military entity to allow this type of wrongheaded characterization.”
The incident occurred during an Army Reserve Equal Opportunity training brief on extremism. Topping the list is Evangelical Christianity. Other organizations listed included Catholicism, Al Qaeda, Hamas, the Ku Klux Klan, Sunni Muslims, and Nation of Islam.

Army spokesman George Wright told Fox News that this was an “isolated incident not condoned by the Dept. of the Army.”

“This slide was not produced by the Army and certainly does not reflect our policy or doctrine,” he said. “It was produced by an individual without anyone in the chain of command’s knowledge or permission.”

Wright said after the complaint was lodged, the presenter deleted the slide, and apologized.

“We consider the matter closed,” he said.
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The incident was made public by a soldier who attended the briefing. He asked for copies of the presentation and sent them to the Chaplain Alliance.

“He considers himself an evangelical Christian and did not appreciate being classified with terrorists,” Crews told Fox News. “There was a pervasive attitude in the presentation that anything associated with religion is an extremist.”


http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top...-extremism.html


Wow! This "individual" must have gotten his information from the DHS.

Thanks for the post. Sounds like another dry run to see how mush can be gotten away with.

The following article blames the SPLC, no doubt as special consultant to the DHS.

Zitat

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The Defense Department came under fire Thursday for a U.S. Army Reserve presentation that classified Catholics and Evangelical Protestants as “extremist” religious groups alongside al Qaeda and the Ku Klux Klan.

The presentation detailed a number of extremist threats within the U.S. military, including white supremacist groups, street gangs, and religious sects.

The presentation identified seventeen religious organizations in a slide titled “religious extremism.” They include al Qaeda, Hamas, the Filipino separatist group Abu Sayyaf, and the Ku Klux Klan, which the slide identifies as a Christian organization.
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Crews [Col. Ron Crews, a retired Army chaplain and the executive director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty.
]also criticized the presentation for citing the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center to support its findings.

The SPLC has dubbed organizations “hate groups” for promoting Christian teachings on morality and sexuality.
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013...e=all#pagebreak




See page 24 of pdf:
http://www.adfmedia.org/files/ExtremismPresentation.pdf

You have to ask yourself the reason for labeling Evangelical Christians as terrorist. What purpose does it serve and to whom?
Have we had terrorists crimes committed by Christians? Have they blown up any buildings along with themselves?

I would be interested in how the PTB came to this conclusion.

Wait a minute...

Does this mean those that practice Reform Judaism, Islam and Voodoo are never, ever dangerous people???

I HATE HOW OUR GOVERNMENT CONSTANTLY SLICES AND DICES US INTO GROUPS.

We are one nation.