Comment on Yeah, turns out a lot of people belived that slavery was bad 500 years ago too

• nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh, as a nonbeliever I really hope there’s a hell where he is suffering for eternity. Death is too kind.

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  • nagaram@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Columbus was a weird Christian. I don’t know what he identified as specifically, but he was part of a large group of wealthy folks who thought the world would end soon and that would entail another, final, crusade to retake the holy land. And that’s what this exposition was! It was Columbus trying to find a profitable trade route to India so he could raise money to Crusade Palestine again!

    Even worse, he was anti-science. By 1492 it was pretty uncontroversial amongst educated and ruling people that the earth was round, but Chris thought “Big Math” was LYING TO US ABOUT THE SIZE. And as far as I can remember, his source is he made it the fuck up.

    So in short, Columbus was a 1492 equivalent of an Evangelical Zionist. Incredibly devout christian. So it would be so fucking funny if he went to hell.

    Columbus being eternally tortured “WHY GOD!? I DID IT ALL FOR YOU!!!”

    God “Yeah dude, did you miss the whole Jesus guy? He kinda ended the need for blood sacrifices. Why would I want war in my name?”

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      he was part of a large group of wealthy folks who thought the world would end soon and that would entail another, final, crusade to retake the holy land.

      dude i come here to get away from reality and modern politics.

      christianity has been expecting and demanding that the world is going to end soon for almost 2000 years now. I think there’s something in the bible about failed prophecies.

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