The Christians that I've known have their thing, whatever that is, and they believe every word of the Bible, but what every word of the Bible amounts to broadly supports whatever their thing is. It's an amazing coincidence.The Bible, essentially, is there to back up the myriad of loud and obnoxious opinions the person may have.
I wonder if Christian folks consider the possibility that Joseph Smith may have gotten saved? We know that Joseph Smith basically did all of his crazy things for his own libido and money and power, right? We also know that Joseph Smith had been witnessed to by Christians and so he knew the truth, he was just evil and selfish. If there was one thing he was good at, was coming up with whatever he needed to right on the spot to get out of a tight squeeze and save himself. And so what happens when he went to jail, knew he was at the end, and knew there was going to be no getting out of this one, and knew he was going down with a gun in his hand? His actual fate would have weighed heavy on his mind. And Joe Smith, like another
Holy Joe in those last seconds may have been like the dirt back Sergent in this story, and quickly called upon the real Jesus for salvation.
As the story shows, salvation has nothing to do with being good or bad (and so it's odd Servant would go on and on about how Christians have better morals than Mormons -- it's utterly immaterial if people are good or not). And we would think a dirt bag like Joseph Smith always looking for a quick fix for himself, would be more open -- like the dirt back Sergent in the story -- than the good friend in the story who was a nice guy but just not interested in his comrade's religion, once his means of satisfying himself through other means had reached a dead end.
I'd say there at least a 50% chance, that if Joseph was a LIAR and didn't believe he was really a prophet, that he called on the Lord for salvation right at the end, and will be in heaven with Servant, Ed Decker, and all of those who despise him the most.