Why People Need To Be Persecuted

People are persecuted every day for their religion. People of every kind of faith have been persecuted. In the world, people are treated very badly for their faith. Christians are murdered in the Middle East, Muslims were treated poorly after 9/11, and Hindus were being persecuted in India. Everyone believes something that there is someone or something that created everything, or that there is no one and that we are just here. So why do we treat other religions poorly? Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was probably wondering the same thing. He was a young boy when WWII began. His father died when he was nine and his mother died as the Nazi came to their front door. He escaped the Nazi at a young age, and saw how they treated other religions. …show more content…
People think that their beliefs are more important and more correct than everyone else's. They don’t respect other people's beliefs. Which is why they need to be more like Rabbi Abraham. People today need to walk with other religions, like Rabbi Abraham and Dr. King. Instead of tearing each other down, they need to build each other up. Even thought you might not agree with everything someone else has to say, you still have to respect their thinking. So instead of being hateful to the Muslim on the subway, and not sitting by them, sit by them and maybe ask them some questions. Some people hate other religions just because they don't know enough about it. So just ask if you have questions, and don’t judge them because you don’t know enough. And don’t get mad and yell at a Christian for expressing their feeling about their religion. They have the right to talk about it. So in the end, no one should be persecuting other religions or being mean to other people. They have no excuse for being mean to someone for their religion, because they have beliefs too. Like Rabbi Abraham, we need to walk with people that are different than