{"id":24192,"date":"2013-04-10T18:13:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T22:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=24192"},"modified":"2013-04-11T16:32:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T20:32:53","slug":"military-warned-evangelicals-catholics-orthodox-jews-no-1-extremist-threat-to-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2013\/04\/military-warned-evangelicals-catholics-orthodox-jews-no-1-extremist-threat-to-america.html","title":{"rendered":"Military Warned: Evangelicals, Catholics, Orthodox Jews No. 1 Extremist Threat to America"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Calvin’s Commentary: I’ve included some posters and pictures that have appeared in various media, at protests, on social networks, etc. Christians, your religion is the most persecuted in the world right now. Christians are being tortured, imprisoned, beheaded, crucified, hung — massacred en masse \u2013 like never before, not even in the 1<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>st<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/strong> century and the media and the vast majority of pastors and religious leaders are ignoring it.\u00a0 Congregations of Christian believers are not being told the TRUTH! Newt Gingrich\u00a0recently has warned us that Christianity will be outlawed in the USA. < Read: http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=23937<\/a><\/strong> > <\/strong><\/strong>Wake up and get active \u2013 Or you will find yourself in a camp for terrorists just because you’re a Bible-believing Christian! <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/strong>If not you, then your children!\u00a0 \u25ac <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Donna Calvin<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/strong> \u25ac Wednesday, April 10, 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\n
\n

WND EXCLUSIVE<\/h3>\n

Christians targeted ahead of Muslim Brotherhood, al-Qaida, KKK<\/h2>\n<\/hgroup>\n

by Jack Minor<\/a> – a journalist and researcher who served in the United States Marine Corps under President Reagan. Also a former pastor, he has written hundreds of articles and been interviewed about his work on many TV and radio outlets.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n

Soldiers in the U.S. military have been told in a training briefing that evangelical Christians are the No. 1 extremist threat to America \u2013 ahead of groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, KKK, Nation of Islam, al-Qaida, Hamas and others.<\/p>\n

\u201cMen and women of faith who have served the Army faithfully for centuries shouldn\u2019t be likened to those who have regularly threatened the peace and security of the United States,\u201d said Col. (Ret.) Ron Crews, executive director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty. \u201cIt is dishonorable for any U.S. military entity to allow this type of wrongheaded characterization. It also appears that some military entities are using definitions of \u2018hate\u2019 and \u2018extreme\u2019 from the lists of anti-Christian political organizations. That violates the apolitical stance appropriate for the military.\u201d<\/p>\n

The briefing,<\/a> which was given to an Army reserve unit in Pennsylvania, came from a U.S. Army Reserve Equal Opportunity training brief titled \u201cExtremism and Extremist Organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Ban Christians<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The material mentions neo-Nazis, the KKK and other white supremacist organizations. Pictures are shown on various slides of people in Klan attire and Nazi flags. The significance of gang tattoos, and racist acronyms and the significance of numbers were also discussed.<\/p>\n

While the material on gangs and racist organizations is similar to what one might receive from a local police briefing on gang issues, after teaching on neo-Nazis in the military such as Timothy McVeigh, the material makes an amazing link.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A slide titled \u201cReligious Extremism\u201d lists multiple organizations such as the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Qaida, Hamas, the Nation of Islam, the Ku Klux Klan and the Christian Identity movement as examples of extremist groups.<\/p>\n

However, the first group on the list is evangelical Christianity. Catholicism and ultra-orthodox Judaism are also on the list of religious extremist organizations.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Following the briefing, one of the soldiers who attended the presentation and describes himself as an evangelical told the trainer he was offended at the material and asked for a copy of the briefing. After receiving a copy, he forwarded the material to Crews.<\/p>\n

The material describes religious extremism as those having beliefs, attitudes, feelings or actions that are \u201cfar removed from the ordinary.\u201d It then elaborates by saying that \u201cevery religion has some followers that believe that their beliefs, customs and traditions are the only \u2018right way\u2019 and that all others practicing their faith the \u2018wrong way.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Crews said it is astounding that soldiers were taught that a key foundation of the Christian faith is now considered extreme and compared to those who want to implement Shariah law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea of salvation being exclusively through Christ is a key doctrine of the Christian faith,\u201d Crews said. \u201cIt is amazing that the trainer felt they had the authority and right to list evangelical Christian, Catholics and orthodox Jews alongside groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

When pressed as to how evangelical\"\"<\/a> Christians and Catholics are a danger to those serving in the military, the brief does not provide any examples. However, it does provide several examples of Muslim extremists in the military. Among them are:<\/p>\n