Megan Reynolds Editor-in-Chief mreynolds12@murraystate.edu MURRAY, KY. – Students rallied in a counter protest on Oct. 8 after a man began preaching in the Free Speech Zone. The man, who declined The News’ request for an interview, was preaching on scriptures from the Bible, along with informing students of what he believed to be sinful living. Read More
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board College students are eerily adept at making things up as they go; the phrase “fake it ‘til you make it” comes to mind. And while it’s all fine and good for a student, we expect a bit more out of our nation’s Read More
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board. Murray State does a good job of staying neutral with holiday festivities and decorations. For example, the university does not explicitly say “Merry Christmas,” but rather “Happy Holidays.” Legally, the university cannot discriminate based on religion or any other similar characteristic, Read More
Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer Ross Jackson of Revival Mission Ministries paid a visit to Murray State on Racer Day to deliver a demonstration that did not sit well with students. Jackson, wearing a body camera and buttons with the words “porn” and “homo” marked out told students that he was not a sinner, but claimed Read More
Column by John Muenzberg, Lecturer of philosophy This summer Kim Davis, the county clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, has attracted national attention for her refusal to issue marriage licenses. While she refused to issue licenses to any couple, she stated that her refusal was due to a religious objection to same-sex marriage. Yet having a religious objection Read More
A recent editorial in USA Today titled “Give Millennials good reasons to read the Bible” points out the fact that 70 percent of those 18-29 in America believe the Bible should not have more influence on society and that now 19 percent (and growing) of American adults, especially the young’uns, are skeptical of the Bible. Read More
Each of the 115 posts I’ve written in the past five months since my blog of the same name as this column “Dispatches from the New Enlightenment” over at wearedone.org began Oct. 20, 2013, is based upon a recent event or commentary regarding the absurdities and cruelties of religion or some scientific report usually pertaining Read More
There are more than 700 different religions in the world today, all with their special claims to knowledge about a spiritual realm, unique origin myths, beliefs how the world really works and guidelines or outright demands for right behavior. This estimate doesn’t include the hundreds more religions of earlier times such as those of ancient Read More