I thought the exact same thing when I saw the promo for this piece.  I'm not sure which is more disturbing - the fact that they portray a fundamentalist Christian group encouraging chastity as evil as an Islamic extremist group; or the fact that an Islamic extremist group bent on murder and death is lumped in the same group as this Christian group.

When you don't believe in any moral objectivity (as many do, especially in the media), each side is neither more or less good or evil than the other; they just "are" what they are. 

Shame on CNN for trying to shame the public into standing against murderous Islam by saying "see Jews and Christians are just as bad or intolerant."

I hope this tanks in the ratings and is the end of Ms. Amanpour's career.

Dutch

  The key to watching this is to see what she shows as examples of Islamic extremism.  Will she show the 'death to America' chants, the beheadings, beatings, bomb blasts, women punished for 'unIslamic' dress, girls refused schooling, women not allowed to travel without a male chaperone, women with no political voice, sexual mutilation of girls, 'honor' killings by relatives, 'death' fatwahs issued for the slightest insult to Islam, or just that the whole Iraq war is a war between Islamic groups who view killing as a religious way to achieve their goals.

I thought it was hilarious when Amanpour said "the language is extreme"... yeah that sure makes sense coming from a consistent msm blowhard exaggerator. She should have said, " I love the exaggerated language, I've been using that for decades".

Or, " I hope I'm not confused with the Christian movement because of my first name. I have nothing to do with them and am not their spokesperson." (I'm sure there will be a disclaimer presented as a joke probably). The lunatic fringe libs will claim this ties her to the Christians and her biased right wing take is obvious because of her first name.

 Whatever. Another Ted Turncoat kookball take to come. I'm already sick just thinking about it.

 The clip at CNN presented the series as foisted by a right wing Christian producer who wants to change the bad culture of the USA.

 Somehow I'm not convinced that is CNN's goal.

oh yeah, I can see the similarity in the Abu Sayyaf Group and Jerry Falwells kids at Liberty University <<Sarcasm.>>

Too bad Amanpour does not travel to Jolo Island, Get sabaya'd and watch her friends beheaded, and then compare the experience to a songfest at Liberty University.

As an agnostic, I share many of the views that Darth attributes to the godless media.  To me there is no difference in the aims of the Taliban and Christian groups pushing chastity.  Their goals are the same, it's just their means that differ.  I think that rather than wasting time denying the similarities, the religious folks would be better served accepting the similarities and highlighting the differences.  For example, "yes, it is true that my religious group and the Taliban share the same call for kids to obstain from sex.  But where we wish to educate kids on their options, the Taliban prefers to stone them to death.  I think there's a difference that's easy to see."  How can you argue with that?

Another area of debate that I see religious folks missing on is the "is it the right thing to do?" angle.  Like preaching against pre-marital sex.  I hear a lot of "it's wrong", "it's morally wrong", "it's against God's teachings", discussions, but I rarely hear a religious person taking a progressive to task and saying "well, what's the alternative?  Lots of unwanted children, lots of abortions, lots of kids being born to parents who can't afford to raise them, lots of poverty, disease, drug abuse, molested kids... shall I go on?  How can you sit there and decry the church's efforts to get kids to act responsibly in regards to sex, when the fruits of your labors over the past three decades have led to nothing but disaster?"

is that christians arent annexing soccer stadiums to be used as killing fields.

When oh when will the media  in this country do a sincere portrait of the true taliban?

Oh yeah...never

I'm willing to wait to see the actual documentary before making up my mind, but this quote caught my eye: Amanpour says that "I did come away with a sense that we _ or those people who don't want to see religion in politics and culture _ if we don't look into it and see what is going on, we're in danger of missing it and not be able to react to it properly," she said.

• We already know that she doesn't want to see "religion in politics and culture" (whatever that means) 
• We already know that this documentary is not targeted for the general public, but for the people who already agree with Amanpour.
• It's a documentary, which means that it has a point of view, and the producers control how criticism is presented
• Amanpour considers "religion in politics and culture" (whatever that means) to be a threat that people need be ready to "react to properly."
• I'm a Christian, I'm all in favor of chastity, and I'm against abortion. But I've never heard of the BattleCry group, and they hardly represent me. I'd be very concerned of an ad hominem argument (i.e., opposition to abortion must be wrong because these extremist/terrorist groups oppose it also)

Well, come to think of it, I'm under no obligation to watch the thing ... and every sign points to it being a blood pressure threat ...

 In noting how girls at some BattleCry events are encouraged to wear long dresses, Amanpour asks the group's leader how it is different from the Taliban.

   I bet there is a dress code at CNN.  By her reasoning that makes CNN like the Taliban.

  Which is redic....u...lous....

    uh,  it is rediculous isn't it?

I do not understand why anyone with half a brain would agree to be part of a "Special" report conducted by anyone in the MSM. I wonder if the late Rev. Falwell really thought that Amanpour would be unbiased in her report?

Comparing Christians to the Taliban is nothing short of insane. When was the last time a Christian beheaded anyone....unreal. I wouldn't watch this program if my life depended on it!

This should really come as no surprise that the Clinton News Network is stooping to new lows in attacking Christians. Their founder, Ted "Captain Outrageous" Turner, is an avowed humanist/atheist. While he ran the network, he mockingly referred to Christians that worked there as "Jesus Freaks". So, in true tradition Christiane Amanpour continues this trend of yellow journalism.

Is it any wonder CNN continues to sink into the sub-basement of cable ratings?

"Never dance on an empty stomach unless it's a liberal."