Evangelical Christianity, Catholicism Labeled 'Extremist' in Army Presentation

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A U.S. Army Reserve Equal Opportunity training brief describes "Evangelical Christianity" and "Catholicism" as examples of "religious extremism," according to the Archdiocese for the Military Services and the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, who shared a copy of the documents with The Christian Post.

"The number of hate groups, extremists and anti‐govt organizations in the U.S. has continued to grow over the past three years, according to reports by the Southern Poverty Law Center. They increased to 1,018 in 2011, up from 1,002 in 2010 and 602 in 2000," reads the first page of the slide presentation labeled "Extremism & Extremist Organizations."

Listed alongside "extremist" groups and organizations like the Klu Klux Klan and al-Qaida, the U.S. Army slideshow has "Evangelical Christianity" as the first bullet, followed by the Muslim Brotherhood, Ultra-Orthodox Judaism and farther down on the slide, Catholicism.

According to the training documents, "Extremism is a complex phenomenon" that is present in every religion due to "some followers that believe that their beliefs, customs and traditions are the only 'right way' and that all others are practicing their faith the 'wrong way,' seeing and believing that their faith/religion superior to all others."

http://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelical-christianity-catholicism-labeled-extremist-in-army-presentation-93353/#py7BxKtk7vA2KlLL.99

[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. That has been kicking around for a while

I am curious as to how real the claim is. The slide does not have the expected markings for an official US Army presentation. It may well have been a local unit thing...

[DetlefK]

3. Any larger organization has its own presentation-template...

It's always about furthering the brand.

This means this presentation is either
a) non-sanctioned/unofficial or
b) made by a rookie who doesn't know better or
c) made by a maverick who knows better

[ProgressiveProfessor]

5. It is also missing classification/disclosure markings which are mandatory

per Executive Order 13526

It obviously did not go through a PAO screening either.

[madrchsod]

2. evangelical christians and catholics?

who in the hell made that shit up? that`s a mighty broad brush to paint with

[gopiscrap]

4. Tend to agree

specially about the Evangelicals

[Journeyman]

6. Further on, the article says it was an non-sanctioned, isolated incident, discarded when discovered…

There are no dates on the slides to indicate when the training might have been presented to soldiers, but the Army Chief of Chaplains office has said that the training was an isolated incident and the slides were not sanctioned by the U.S. Army Department. A separate Army spokesman told the Navy Times that the materials were presented last year to soldiers and once discovered, were discarded.

Given the source (Christian Post), this seems yet another example from a church group trying to prove again how "persecuted" Christianity is in the nation it largely controls.

[Marrah_G]

7. Got no problem with this

[AlbertCat]

8. Sometimes....

.... the truth hurts.

[we can do it]

9. When you act like a nut, you might get called on it.

I don't see what the problem is. They have no problem name calling and minding others business, so they should turn the other cheek.

[hrmjustin]

10. This makes it seem like they are all extreme. That is not fair.

Yes I agree there is plenty of extremism in Christianity but to paint them all extreme is not fair.