Preachers shouldn't send intimidating messages

Even though this is my second year here, I still have not mastered the art of avoiding people on campus that I don't want to be faced with. Monday, when I looked up and saw the big signs, I knew to go the other way. A huge yellow sign read, "Obey Jesus or Perish." For those of you who are unclear on the meaning of this, "OBEY JESUS OR YOU WILL DIE." Wow. OK, so maybe they meant it metaphorically. Still, last year as I walked through campus I had a 10-year-old, who I did not know and who did not know me, yell at me that I was going to hell. He then handed me a pamphlet, which was a discourse on exactly WHY I was going to hell. Wow, once again. I understand and believe in freedom of speech, but I also strongly believe in freedom of religion. I do not need someone to tell me to obey Jesus or I will die. Don't get me wrong, I believe in God, and I'm not against spreading his word. But intimidating and angering students is not the way to make them believers.

Courtney Ketcham

Sophomore, School of Liberal Arts

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