So I guess forced conversion, introduction of diseases decimating populations, and the capture of indigenous people to serve as slaves was all just fine, huh?  This is what Columbus thought of the native Americans: "They … brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things… They willingly traded everything they owned…  They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features…. They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane… . They would make fine servants…. With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want."  While the 3 million number is debatable, the egregious acts he committed and his condescending perspective of these people because of his assumed religious and cultural superiority is just "him being a man of his age?"  That's like the Christian who says the Earth "was created 5000 years ago."