{"id":1101,"date":"2023-06-28T10:02:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2023-06-28T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T16:02:03","slug":"joseph-smith-bribes-the-bible-in-hopes-of-corrupting-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/?p=1101","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Smith Bribes the Bible in Hopes of Corrupting It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Satura Apologia Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Local Bookshop \u2013 A strange scene unfolded as LDS prophet Joseph Smith was seen offering a one-hundred-dollar bill to a Bible on the shelf. \u201cOne hundred bucks to stick me in.\u201d Smith was overheard muttering to the Bible in a low voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When asked by the bookstore owner why he was trying to bribe an inanimate object, Smith explained that he needed to be able to substantiate allegations of corruption. \u201cSusception to bribery is one of the telltale signs of corruption.\u201d Joseph Smith explained to the confused owner. \u201cWhen this Bible is found taking a Bribe, I can prove it has been corrupted!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At publishing time, Joseph Smith told the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that every single verse of the Bible was corrupt, except for the one verse that actually accepted his bribe and is now about him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satura Apologia Today The Local Bookshop \u2013 A strange scene unfolded as LDS prophet Joseph Smith was seen offering a one-hundred-dollar bill to a Bible on the shelf. \u201cOne hundred bucks to stick me in.\u201d Smith was overheard muttering to the Bible in a low voice. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When asked by the bookstore owner why he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-satura-apologia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}