The class field trip was organized to visit the Museum of Tolerance. The Museum of tolerance (MOT) was established in 1993 by Simon Wiesenthal. Since its establishment, it has been acting as an educational center promoting and encouraging mutual understanding and respect among people of different ethnic groups. The Museum of Tolerance is located on Simon Wiesenthal plaza 9786 west Pico (southeast corner of Pico Boulevard and Roxbury drive), Los Angeles. The location is an ideal place for those interested in learning about the traditional culture and history of ancient people, giving a wide view of what happened in the past and the effect and the consequences of such acts. The main aim of choosing this museum is due to its location, easy accessibility, its conducive environment that facilitate education and different number of exhibitions offered by the museum allowing it to give a clear picture of the past, present and the future expectations. This museum has a well-organized program which aims at educating students and adults on various issues that have varying impact onto our lives.
The Museum of Tolerance educates visitors on how to overcome, avoid and prevent genocide and hatred from ever occurring at any time and to any group. According to philosophy of religion, hate is the major cause of enmity and war that has been witnessed in many countries. The Holocaust exhibition gives a general idea of how racial antagonism caused deaths too many Jews under the Nazi rule. The Museum has a-well elaborated episode of how the Holocaust took place. Within an approximation of about seventeen minutes, one is taken back to the year 1920 up to 1945 during the Nazi regime. Through a well-organized procedure one is being led through what happened during the world war two and become a witnesses of all the torched and hardship that Jews went through.
Religion teaches us to love one another and treat others as our brothers and sisters. It tries to bring out the need of promoting peace and unity among various tribes and the need to value other races diverse culture and traditional believes (Moore, and Kenneth 136). When one has visited the museum and is moved through the Holocaust episode he or she gets a clear picture of how hatred and selfishness can become a weapon of mass destruction. It is believed that the Nazi regime hated and feared Jews as they saw them as the only threat to their desire to conger and colonize the world. For the Nazi to achieve their goals they had to find ways of eliminating the Jews thus resulting into war which led to millions of deaths.
Religious culture upholds and values the life of other human beings and tries all possible means to avoid recurrence of acts of the past, such as the Holocaust. Through the teaching and experience one receives from the museum it become clear that it is our duty and also the duty of our leaders including our political and religious leaders to educate the whole world about the importance of upholding and maintain peace in the neighborhoods. The way the various countries deal with the issues of terrorism should be approached in a different point of view where diplomacy can be given the first priority instead of declaring war against the enemies. The leaders of the two nations having a controversy should seek a diplomatic way of solving the problem before engaging in military actions. The life of each and every human being no matter which race he or she originates from must be respected and preserved.
Works cited
Moore, Brooke Noel, and Kenneth Bruder, PHILOSOPHY: The Power of Ideas. 8th Ed., McGraw Hill, 2010.print.