Barnhardt's Full of Crap. She's Just Bluffing.
Posted by Ann Barnhardt - September 7, AD 2012 4:08 PM MST
Or . . . not.
Roman Proconsul: “Then do this, old man. Just swear by the spirit of the emperor and that will be sufficient [to prevent your execution].”
St. Polycarp:
“If you imagine for a moment that I would do that, then I think you pretend that you don't know who I am. Hear it plainly. I am a Christian.”