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I don't care much about Columbus by novadamer

But Rev. Jenkins' logic does not hold up. He says that the fact that Columbus "discovery" was a catastrophe for the Native Americans is what necessitates reconsidering the murals. However, there is nothing unique about Columbus role in that catastrophe. If ol' Chris had knelt before the Taino peoples, renounced Catholicism and pledged allegiance to whatever gods they worshiped, nothing would have changed.
By Rev. Jenkins' logic, everyone who spread the settlement, including iconic missionaries like Father Sorin, are just as responsible.
If his point is Columbus' story has good and bad sides, I would ask who's doesn't.