OK, I might get some heat for this one, but it seems to me that—before all the secularist, anti-Christian, anti-Judeo-Christian history revisionists rooted themselves in the re-writing of school history textbooks, in mainstream newsrooms and as college professors and Google algorythm coders—Christopher Columbus was a good guy, a respected leader and early discoverer of America. NOT A PERFECT MAN. But just like the rest of us on earth, including the history revisionists, a work in progress. Yes, Leif Erikson was among the first, if not the first, to "discover" America, at least the East Coast. Others on the West Coast. But Columbus was among the first to stay. The Italian explorer, funded finally by Spain after many years wait, brought to our shores pioneering individuals, missionary priests and provisions in the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria ships, and he became the first to permanently settle in this newly discovered land. Perhaps Columbus' strength was in discovery and not in onsite management... But how is this different from you and me, or from the leaders of such entities as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and the self-righteous elite, including the history revisionists, of today? As individuals we each have our strengths and weaknesses, our blindspots, our passions, and we each are given ample opportunities to learn from our mistakes and to correct and change what is not good in our habits or thinking. That happened to Columbus too. However in his case, he was someone who aimed to improve his life in God's eyes, to confess and change, to endure hardship for what he felt...
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