Many people, like me, grew up believing that when Columbus sailed to America in 1492, Christians at the time thought that he would fall off the edge of the world. Not only were we taught this in school, but even serious historians like Daniel Boorstein, in his book, The Discoverers, states as historical fact that European Christians thought the world was flat. This sure makes Christians sound ignorant, doesn’t it? There is only one problem: there is not a lick of truth to it.
