Incredible. You are making absolutely no sense, and to top it off, are speaking out of both sides of your mouth.
I asked you if Columbus was inspired to come to the Americas, and you said “No”. Now you are telling me that it was common knowledge that the Holy Ghost led him here, so Joseph Smith would have known this.
You can’t have it both ways! Why should an uneducated boy be expected to know this but you didn’t, in today’s wide open world of communication and education?
Don’t be lukewarm on this, pick a position and stick to it.
How long halt ye between two opinions?
You foolishly assume that Nephi lived centuries before Columbus, but have no proof other than the ravings of a mad man, Joseph Smith. You obviously missed something in the translation. I never denied Columbus claimed the Holy Spirit led him. What I have said is 1) The book of Mormon never “predicted” such a thing, you are reading words that aren’t there. 2)That even if the BoM did “predict” such a thing it wouldn’t really be a prediction, because the book was written hundreds of years after Columbus. 3) Even if Columbus claimed the Spirit led him, does not make his voyage “inspired” in any meaningful way as it pertains to the founding documents or that it is relevant to anything discussed on this blog (except things in your own head, apparently).