{"id":917,"date":"2023-02-01T15:58:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T21:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/?p=917"},"modified":"2023-02-01T15:58:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T21:58:07","slug":"joseph-smith-offers-polycarp-a-gun-so-he-can-become-a-real-martyr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/?p=917","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Smith Offers Polycarp a Gun So He Can Become a \u201cReal Martyr\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Satura Apologia Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Beyond the Satire Note: Polycarp was burned at the stake by the Romans for his Christian faith. Joseph Smith was \u201cmartyred\u201d while shooting at an angry mob.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smyrna \u2013 Polycarp, Church father, and student of the apostle John was offered a chance to make his martyrdom at the hands of the Romans genuine. This offer was made unexpectedly by LDS prophet Joseph Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; According to Roman scribes, Joseph Smith offered Polycarp a gun. \u201cGo out gunslinging,\u201d Smith told a rather confused Polycarp. \u201cMake this day a real banger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This only served to make Polycarp even more confused. Polycarp reminded the LDS prophet that true martyrs are peacefully led to their deaths and do not blow their enemy\u2019s brains out on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cTrust me.\u201d Smith reportedly said. \u201cI know how martyrdom works. True martyrs are indistinguishable from true gangsters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In related news, Justin Martyr, another early Christian martyr changed his name from Justin Martyr to Justin Gunslinger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satura Apologia Today Beyond the Satire Note: Polycarp was burned at the stake by the Romans for his Christian faith. Joseph Smith was \u201cmartyred\u201d while shooting at an angry mob. Smyrna \u2013 Polycarp, Church father, and student of the apostle John was offered a chance to make his martyrdom at the hands of the Romans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-917","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\/917","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=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":919,"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions\/919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocksolidapologia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}