Many see Columbus as a villain but he was just a man of his time, in reality better than most. People tend to judge harshly historical figures by our current standards of understanding and knowledge, much bias with subjective agendas that usually are rooted in current political dogmas. Dogmas that is just as cruel and evil, if not even more so, then past actions of historical figures.
America was not a paradise for all before Columbus. And the Europeans were not the "cruelest" and "evilest" people on earth at the time. Each culture had and has their own evil, usually masked in its ignorance and unwillingness to embrace others. You add that ignorance, along with greed and selfishness you will find evil beyond imagination.
Myself, I feel no ill against Christopher Columbus, for I have this Middle Eastern Religious belief that God is in control and he will judge Columbus on judgment day for whatever personal sins he committed.
In my opinion those that paint Columbus as an evil man are in reality trying to paint all Europeans as evil and it is to push an alternate world view by continue promotion of the evil known as racism, by demonizing those they have judged in ignorance.
So what was America like pre-Columbian? Pretty bloody I would say. Yes, the Spaniards were cruel but the natives have their own demons and evils to answer for.
Today I came across this article Religion - Latin America - Bibliography by Susan Elizabeth Ramirez of Toledo Ohio. I don't know her worldview, but I really like this short ? Bibliography ? I aim to find out more about her and her work.
Happy Columbus Day...
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