Editor,
I see many people debating the McKay issue, and in Monday's Daily Lobo, I saw several people even defending McKay's actions.
I ask these people, or any good Christian who condones this type of behavior - using the basketball court as a pulpit or a coaching position as a preaching position - what would you do if McKay were a Muslim preaching Islam and the word of Allah? What if the Lobo football coach forced Judaism onto the players, forcing them to accept his religion in exchange for time on the field?
The problem with religion is everyone thinks their religion is the right one. This means they base their lives on faith - faith that others may not necessarily agree with.
In McKay's case, we see that when a religious person is "told by the son of God" to enlighten others, he chose to lose all semblance of personal or moral responsibility and began pushing unsolicited spiritual guidance toward his players.
There is a place to go if you're looking for spiritual help or guidance: church. If McKay seeks to spread the word, he can do so at a Christian university. UNM is not affiliated with any one religion - this is one of the reasons it's so diverse: People feel comfortable believing in what they choose to believe in.
When you force someone to accept a single point of view - Christianity, in this case - this breeds intolerance for any belief but your own.
This kind of single-mindedness is dangerous. McKay is misusing his position as a coach and, to a lesser but important degree, preaching intolerance to his - our - team.
Michael Tahani
UNM student
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