Columbus Paper
Columbus: Ruthless invader or Holy man?
We all know the line, "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue," but what exactly did he do when reaching the New World, and why exactly do we celebrate Columbus Day? In the United States, the day is honored to commemorate the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492. His landing would lead to the Columbian Exchange and further lead to colonizing America. But some organizations, instead of “commemorating the accomplishments of Columbus”, they disregard his achievements because of supposed crimes that he committed during his time in the New World.
Cal Thomas centralized his article based around Columbus’s faith. Thomas began his article discussing a mock trial between the political correctness of Columbus’s “discovery of the New World” and the International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples as well as the American Indian Movement both brought up claims that Columbus “was a marauding invader”. In the debate, the natives were portrayed as people living in harmony and Columbus as an intruder that disrupted this said harmony between the people. Throughout most of the discussion, there were little points made about how significant his discoveries were and how they impacted us today. Thomas then goes on to making points about the accomplishments and true intentions of Columbus. Stating that Columbus was a Christian man that was fulfilling his prophecy to spread the Christian Gospel across new lands and that the Natives were actually “cannibal[s]”, that practiced “human sacrifices, [and] torture.” Thomas informed the reader of modern scholars and religious leaders that opposed Columbus. The article then goes on to show the fallaciousness of the scholar by supporting Columbus’s spirituality and faith with documents and text evidence and how it is undeniable that his religion influenced his life’s work. The content of this article positively reinforce the public’s point of view of Columbus in that
We all know the line, "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue," but what exactly did he do when reaching the New World, and why exactly do we celebrate Columbus Day? In the United States, the day is honored to commemorate the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492. His landing would lead to the Columbian Exchange and further lead to colonizing America. But some organizations, instead of “commemorating the accomplishments of Columbus”, they disregard his achievements because of supposed crimes that he committed during his time in the New World.
Cal Thomas centralized his article based around Columbus’s faith. Thomas began his article discussing a mock trial between the political correctness of Columbus’s “discovery of the New World” and the International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples as well as the American Indian Movement both brought up claims that Columbus “was a marauding invader”. In the debate, the natives were portrayed as people living in harmony and Columbus as an intruder that disrupted this said harmony between the people. Throughout most of the discussion, there were little points made about how significant his discoveries were and how they impacted us today. Thomas then goes on to making points about the accomplishments and true intentions of Columbus. Stating that Columbus was a Christian man that was fulfilling his prophecy to spread the Christian Gospel across new lands and that the Natives were actually “cannibal[s]”, that practiced “human sacrifices, [and] torture.” Thomas informed the reader of modern scholars and religious leaders that opposed Columbus. The article then goes on to show the fallaciousness of the scholar by supporting Columbus’s spirituality and faith with documents and text evidence and how it is undeniable that his religion influenced his life’s work. The content of this article positively reinforce the public’s point of view of Columbus in that