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Reflecting The Spirit Of Columbus
In the US today we are celebrating Columbus Day (the actual date of the holiday is October 10) in honor of Christopher Columbus who has been credited with discovering America. Oddly, the two western continents are named after Amerigo Vespucci, not the Norse explorer Leif Ericson, who founded the first European settlement in the “new world,” nor Columbus.
Columbus, while not first, and not even aware he’d found a “new” land, deserves a lot of credit for calling attention to the Americas, essentially opening up colonization in places that had previously been unknown. As I thought about his voyage of exploration, I realized there were some similarities between him and Abraham in the Bible. Both took off for parts unknown with no assurance that they’d find a safe haven.
We know from Scripture that Abraham went in obedience to God’s command. He trusted God’s sure word, so unless Columbus had the same kind of guidance or direction from God, the advantage was all Abraham’s.
Think what it took for Columbus to set sail, depending on little else besides his idea of what the world looked like. He had to have courage, an adventurous spirit, fortitude, confidence. In miniature I think these are the same qualities writers and
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Did Christopher Columbus really bring syphilis back to Europe? Croatian skeleton proves disease had been around since Roman times
A skeleton excavated from a grave in Croatia has reignited the intense debate raging over whether the explorer Christopher Columbus and his crew introduced syphilis to Europe in the 15th century.
A new study claims to have disproved the theory, instead suggesting the sexually transmitted disease, which can result in death, was present in Europe before the explorers returned from the Americas.
The disease, which is caused by the bacteria, treponema pallidum, causes symptoms ranging from a sore throat and rash to problems with the heart, blood vessels and brain which can trigger stroke, heart disease, dementia, paralysis and even death.
Ever since the first case was recorded in Europe in 1495 - three years after Columbus's first voyage to the New World - experts have argued over its origins.
Three core theories exist attempting to explain where it first emerged, and its rapid spread through Europe at the end of the 15th century.
Experts have long debated the origin of syphilis. A popular theory is that the disease originated in the New World, the Americas, and was transported to Europe by the explorer Christopher Columbus and his crew