A chant of "We Are ... Going to Hell" resounded from the corner of Willard Building yesterday as students interacted with the Woroniecki family and their message: "All that matters is that you are all headed for hell."

Michael Woroniecki said he and his family annually demonstrate at Penn State and other universities "to break through the college utopia with reality."

Woroniecki said Penn State's advertising campaign, "It's Your Time," is anti-Christ. He said the slogan promotes disillusionment to students and prepares them for depression because it leads to peer-pressure and loss of identity, which defeat the solitude required for true realization of Jesus.

Woroniecki said the self-discovery required to be considered a true Christian cannot be found on a college campus.

The Woronieckis' focus was to spread the truth of Jesus Christ and provide an option for those who share the family's beliefs. These beliefs demand that people realize their life is nothing more than a sin and must "die," giving their life to the Holy Spirit, Woroniecki said.

"I think he's insane," Joe Mellet (junior-bioengineering) said as he approached the family of activists.

Mellet said the Woroniecki family was encouraging students to quit school.

"He associated college with hell and [said] you don't need to work," Mellet said. "I don't see that anywhere in the Bible."

Mellet, along with dozens of other bystanders, searched for answers and explanations from Woroniecki, who avoided the inquiries.

"I just think it's offensive to tell me to my face I'm a sinner for going to college," Mellet said.

Gary Cattell, known as the Willard Preacher, said the demonstrators needed more open dialogue and could have been more successful if they had engaged with the students.

However, Cattell said he disagreed with the family's overall message.

"I have more of a problem with what they say than how they say it," he said. "They're definitely misinterpreting things."

Woroniecki has been tied to the case of Andrea Yates, a Texas woman accused in 2001 of drowning her five children in the family's bathtub. Yates' attorney, George Parnham, has said Woroniecki convinced Yates, a former follower of his, that her children were going to hell. Yates was convicted of the murders, but that conviction was overturned in January. The case is in appeal.

Asked about the case yesterday, Woroniecki responded by saying, "I don't know what you're talking about."

According to the Woronieckis, the intended path for those who don't want to end up in hell is to gain the true consciousness of the Holy Spirit and submit their life to spreading the Gospel. Michael Woroniecki said that sinners must be reborn now to reap the benefits of the afterlife.

"I am nobody better than you, but I have Jesus Christ," he said.

Many students verbally battled with Michael Woroniecki and his family.

"There's more to life than Jesus Christ!" Mellet said.

Erika Kern (sophomore-labor and industrial relations) said she agreed with a lot of the Woronieckis ideas, but felt the approach was wrong and disappointing.

"I just don't understand it," she said. "You should do it with love."

Mercy Woroniecki, 23, said her family is trying to make people aware of the world's emptiness.

"This world is not the answer," she said.

However, Kennedy Zaspel (sophomore-labor and industrial relations), who spoke with Mercy Woroniecki, said those without a strong grasp on Christianity would be pushed further away after seeing this demonstration.

"It would push me further away from wanting to be a Christian," Zaspel said.

Mercy Woroniecki said she and her siblings were raised with these beliefs but had the option to explore other religious aspects of the world.

"We are the true Christians in a culture saturated with hypocrites," Mercy Woroniecki said.