Little Boy Who Claimed to Die and Visit Heaven Admits He Made It Up

[MrDawn]

This makes a for a great debate, lol. If you've ever heard of the movie and book that was so popular God is for Real. I always knew movies like that were bs and seeing this article gives me more reason not to watch these movies or read those off the wall books about people claiming to have died and come back from the heavens. There were 5 -10 different articles for me to choose from and I chose this one. Very good read.

There's nothing God hates more than a liar, and that's exactly what Alex Malarkey—protagonist and co-author of The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven—has just copped to being. In an open letter posted on a Christian website Tuesday, the alleged paradise tourist says "I did not die. I did not go to Heaven." Wow, we have a little sinner on our hands.

The book, probably hoping to make hay of the vast American Gullibility Industrial Complex that made Heaven Is For Real a successful text and movie (and a family called the Burpos very rich), has been mainstay in Christian book stores, the Washington Post reports. No longer:

The bestselling book, first published in 2010, describes what Alex experienced while he lay in a coma after a car accident when he was 6 years old. The coma lasted two months and his injuries left him paralyzed, but the book — with its assuring description of "Miracles, Angels, and Life beyond This World" — became part of a popular genre of "heavenly tourism," which has been controversial among orthodox Christians.

Earlier this week, Alex recented [sic] his testimony about the afterlife.
This very true story, which has an outstanding 4.3 rating on Amazon and many glowing (like an angel's crown) reviews, includes passages like this one:

"The devil's mouth is funny looking, with only a few moldy teeth. And I've never noticed any ears. His body has a human form, with two bony arms and two bony legs. He has no flesh on his body, only some moldy stuff. His robes are torn and dirty. I don't know about the color of the skin or robes—it's all just too scary to concentrate on these things!"

How could someone make all that up? But in an open letter on the website Pulpit and Pen, Alex wrote that this did not actually happen to him. He didn't visit the Devil, or God, or Heaven—he didn't even die! What the heck:

"An Open Letter to Lifeway and Other Sellers, Buyers, and Marketers of Heaven Tourism, by the Boy Who Did Not Come Back From Heaven."

Please forgive the brevity, but because of my limitations I have to keep this short.

I did not die. I did not go to Heaven.

I said I went to heaven because I thought it would get me attention. When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the Bible. People have profited from lies, and continue to. They should read the Bible, which is enough. The Bible is the only source of truth. Anything written by man cannot be infallible.

It is only through repentance of your sins and a belief in Jesus as the Son of God, who died for your sins (even though he committed none of his own) so that you can be forgiven may you learn of Heaven outside of what is written in the Bible…not by reading a work of man. I want the whole world to know that the Bible is sufficient. Those who market these materials must be called to repent and hold the Bible as enough.

In Christ,

Alex Malarkey."
This makes Colton Burpo the only little adorable liar to still claim he died, saw God, and then came back and cashed in.

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[DrLeftover]

There are those, and some of them are on this board, that will claim that this incident renders all faith garbage.

I'm sure they'll have a good time pointing and smirking.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

What a shame I am a atheist but I know that book gave a lot of people comfort and peace. I think Alex should have let people keep that hope.

 

[Bluezone777]

A false hope is no hope at all as comfort is only found within the truth and not a lie. There is a specific passage from the Bible that illustrates what was written in the Bible on the subject of people coming back from the dead to tell stories in order to drive people to repentance.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+16%3A30-31&version=NKJV

30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’”

That was from a parable spoken by Jesus called the rich man and Lazarus which is found in the 16th chapter of the book of Luke. This to me says that there is no one coming back from the dead to tell any stories and if anyone does tell a story then they are a liar or are very deceived.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

A false hope is no hope at all as comfort is only found within the truth and not a lie.

It would have only been a false hope for the people who do not believe in the first place. Personally I think as he got older he put doubt in his own mind as to what happened to himself.

 

[Combo]

Strange story. Thank you for posting.
It's difficult to judge as to why this person lied about everything to be honest. Maybe he was lacking attention.

 

[DrLeftover]

Strange story. Thank you for posting.
It's difficult to judge as to why this person lied about everything to be honest. Maybe he was lacking attention.

And, money is always a strong motivation for the associated adults.

 

[+paradox]

it only proves how gullible people are to believe in something people say, like how people believe in every word the government and the media says with out hesitation or critical thinking...