The Kaleidoscope

"I love and support Jews but you are going to hell because you don't believe Jesus is our savior." This is one of many comments that visitors have approached survivors with. As you can imagine comments like these upset our survivors. After telling this story to a friend of mine I was asked, "So if there are so many religions with so many gods, whose God is the true god?" After extensive thought this is the answer I came up with.

Imagine a kaleidoscope. At the bottom of the lens there is one image; however, depending on the angle that you're looking through you will see different images. Every single picture seen is a beautiful one. Now think of different religions as the different angles when looking through the lens: no matter what angle you look through you see a breathtaking image. Everyone is looking at the same image or same "higher being"/god but through different angles or different religions with different practices, these practices are like different ways of appreciating the astounding images.

So the next time you think about disrespecting or persecuting a religion I would like you to think about a kaleidoscope. Although different angles produce different images they are all beautiful and ultimately one. You don't need to believe or practice other religions you do need to respect them. Part of respect is not demeaning their beliefs and not pushing yours on them. The only way we can insure that an eve
nt like the Holocaust doesn't happen again is to respect different religions, whether you agree with their beliefs or not.

Always remember every image is beautiful and ultimately one image that is viewed through different angles.

The Kaleidoscope