Should we rename Trinidad too?
Because when Christopher Columbus, on setting off on his third voyage in 1498 dedicated his voyage to the Blessed Trinity he vowed he would name the first land he met in honour of the Blessed Trinity.
The Blessed Trinity, or just “Trinity,” is a Roman Catholic concept of three persons in one God — God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.
When Columbus met the first land on his third voyage — the Arawak island of Kairi — he did not forget his vow, and he named the island after the Trinity, which in Spanish is “La Trinidad.”
Can any non-Christian endure living on an island with a Catholic Christian name given over 500 years ago? Or had we not better change the name immediately!
For “Trinity” is as Christian as the cross. It was God the Son who died upon the cross, thus making it the symbol of Christianity.
We live with the name “Trinity Cross” only at Independence time while we have to live with the name “Trinidad” every God-given day. And the name “Trinidad,” being Christian, is seen to discriminate against all other denominations except Catholic (and Christian), and must be offensive to Jew and Gentile, Muslim, Hindu, Arabic, Aramaic, Coptic, Greek Orthodox, Buddists, Zennists, Shintoists, and every other sect unfortunate enough to have members in Trinidad. Can someone not give the Prime Minister 21 days to change the name of the country or face legal action?
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