Was Christopher Columbus a positive influence of human history? Why, or why not?
2007-09-16 11:30:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I'd say for Europeans and whites in general, yes. For indigenous Americans, he was the beginning of the end.
2007-09-16 11:35:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would be a value judgment. I can only tell you that C.C. and others of his ilk had an influence on human history--the rest is all relative. If he had never lived the world would still look much like it does today--in other words, one person seldom makes a complete difference. It depends on who follows them. Oh, by the way, the answer is 52.4% positive 24% neutral, and the remainder is negative if you are a Republican pollster it is the exact opposite if you are a Democratic pollster.
2007-09-16 18:39:56 · answer #2 · answered by Yahoo S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the Renaissance, the rebirth of learning that blossomed from about a.d. 1350 to 1550, two events took place that were vital in preparation for the final dispensation: Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the mid-1400s and Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the Americas in 1492.
Christopher Columbus’s personal study of the Bible greatly increased the influence of the Holy Ghost in his life. Two millennia before Columbus, an American prophet prophesied: “And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles, who was separated from the seed of my brethren by the many waters; and I beheld the Spirit of God, that it came down and wrought upon the man; and he went forth upon the many waters, even unto the seed of my brethren, who were in the promised land."
I interpret that to refer to Columbus. It is interesting to note that the Spirit of God wrought upon him. Columbus himself declared: “With a hand that could be felt, the Lord opened my mind to the fact that it would be possible to sail and he opened my will to desire to accomplish the project. … This was the fire that burned within me. … Who can doubt that this fire was not merely mine, but also of the Holy Spirit … urging me to press forward?”
Columbus was inspired to penetrate the ocean and discover this Western continent for the set time for its discovery had come; and the consequences which God desired to follow its discovery have taken place. … I believe it was a preparatory work for the establishment of the Kingdom of God.
This Kingdom could not have been established on the earth if [Columbus’s] work had not been performed.
2007-09-16 18:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by The Corinthian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. Anyone who spurs that kind of genocide isn't great by any means. Corinthian, by supporting that, you're no better than he and his ilk were. In effect, you're supporting the destruction of my people.
And the Italians around here hate it when I say that.
2007-09-16 19:02:30 · answer #4 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋