This man’s pompous ignorance is astounding. Disregarding the discovering of America nonsense, an act of apostasy, by definition, can only be committed by a believer.
Just wait until he finds out Christopher Columbus’s mother was Jewish, as were many of his crew.
(Sailor was a common occupation for Jews in Europe because of the inability to own land.)
http://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Pirates-Caribbean-Swashbuckling-Freedom/dp/0767919521