better to be different

Our way of knowing... thinking… exploring – whatever. – is not necessarily better than Columbus’s way of doing such things, its just different. To call it better would be an unfair judgment. As was stated in the religious discussion tonight, no two people think exactly alike, nor can they think alike even if they try to do so. Thus, “better” is not an applicable term. Columbus did not have access to the same technology and knowledge as is available to the explorers of our (very very thoroughly explored) world today. It’s difficult to even begin to compare that far in the past to the present. And to switch it around, it would also be unfair to say that we (people today) are any less valid in our way of thinking today than was Columbus back in the day. Some may argue that Columbus’s way was the best way – but, why? Why would it be better than how people think and know today? Columbus used what was available to him – natural resources, information, memory, human work force, and faith, among other things. Today, we do the same… albeit, what is available to us today is exceptionally more efficient in helping our cause than what was available to Columbus – but, once again, that doesn’t mean that its any “better”. Furthermore, although there are aspects of Columbus’s values and actions that I definitely disprove of, I can not diminish them to any less than the values and actions that I disprove of in modern society, therefore, Columbus is just as correct and justified in his way of knowing as is anyone walking, or sailing, around the world today.