"Boy who came back from heaven" recants his story

[Sparko]

Alex Malarkey, the boy who co-authored the book "The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven" is now saying he made it all up and that the bible is sufficient. His mother has been saying this too on her blog for while now.

Story is here:
http://pulpitandpen.org/2015/01/13/t...ian-retailers/

[Bill the Cat]

Heaven Tourism... interesting way to describe it.

[Sparko]

Heaven Tourism... interesting way to describe it.

It's all part of the Oprah Winfreying of America. Talking to angels, everyone goes to heaven, just being spiritual is enough. It's sad that Christians and especially Christian booksellers (Lifeway) buy into this crap or do it for profit.

From what I can tell, Alex's Dad is still using this as a platform to make money, while Alex and his Mom are doing everything they can to shut it down and have been for a while now. They are being ignored and even blocked from various sites that are selling the book or promoting it.

[One Bad Pig]

According to his mom's blog, he's been trying to say that for at least 3.5 years now (and he and his mother get zero money from sales of the book). Somewhere, some Christians are behaving badly.

[robrecht]

I am not familiar with this case, but it sounds similar to the book by Pastor Todd Burpo about his son Colton's experience and its effect on their family and congregation, which was made into a movie Heaven is for Real starring Greg Kinnear. For those who have read the book or seen the movie, I am curious what you think about it?

[mossrose]

I am not familiar with this case, but it sounds similar to the book by Pastor Todd Burpo about his son Colton's experience and its effect on their family and congregation, which was made into a movie Heaven is for Real starring Greg Kinnear. For those who have read the book or seen the movie, I am curious what you think about it?

Haven't read and haven't seen. Don't need to in order to know it's baloney.

The problem with the widespread acceptance of this sort of thing is the inability to know the truth because believers are not studying or being taught the truth in scripture. We are to "test the spirits" and if we don't know the truth we can't recognize falsehood.

And sadly, publishers will print almost anything these days, throw in down the Christan bookstore pipeline and it gets sucked up by the undiscerning.

I became very much aware of this issue when someone gave my daughter a copy of "The Shack", and after reading it, she handed it to me and said, "mom, there is something wrong with this book, read it and tell me what you think".

I did, explained to her the problems with it, and suggested she use it as firepit tinder.

Undiscerning believers need to get some discernment!

[One Bad Pig]

My dad loved The Shack.

[mossrose]

My dad loved The Shack.

[Christianbookworm]

23 minutes in Hell is another with the whole demons torturing humans and stuff. And the author claiming it was too horrifying to have made it up or merely dreamed it. And then having a panic attack over a nightmare and thinking it would kill him.

[Sparko]

If anyone wants to see heaven for real, I am willing to help them get there. Just sign over your life insurance policy to me.

[Christianbookworm]

Uh.. no!

[Sparko]

Awww! You spoil all my fun.

[Christianbookworm]

And 90 minutes in Heaven was mostly the writer whining about his hospital stay and angsting over the pain of his recovery.

[Bill the Cat]

What was that one from the Mormon lady back in the early 90's?

[Christianbookworm]

Don't know. I remember reading one that had a warehouse full of aborted babies. Weird. At least have them be in a orphanage! Not unsupervised in a dirty warehouse! The crazy thing is those "I went to the afterlife" books don't even succeed as good fiction either!