Kid didn't go to heaven.....

[Dr. Keith]

I like the phrase "heavenly tourism".

 

[Kopji]

Well fortunately he read the Bible and saw the error of his lie.

 

[roger]

I love the lede on Wikipedia:

The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven: A True Story is a fabricated account...

 

[Tricky]

In his defense, he and his mother have been trying to get the book recalled for quite some time. In his criticism, it is because it wasn't biblical enough.

 

[angrysoba]

So it was just all a bunch of malarkey?

Or malarkey.

Who could of seen that coming?

Fortunately, even if this one is not true there is a very well-evidenced case of a boy going to Heaven and returning with his own stamped passport which you can read about in the book Holiday in Heaven by Ivor Tallstory.

 

[Meadmaker]

In his defense, he and his mother have been trying to get the book recalled for quite some time. In his criticism, it is because it wasn't biblical enough.

And in the story linked in the OP, mum noted that "the profits haven't been going to him". One suspects that if the profits were indeed going to her son, they might be a little less insistent about having it pulled.

Or am I just being cynical?

 

[Chuck Guiteau]

And in the story linked in the OP, mum noted that "the profits haven't been going to him". One suspects that if the profits were indeed going to her son, they might be a little less insistent about having it pulled.

Or am I just being cynical?

No, the thought occurred to me as well.
OTOH, I had a near death experience once. I went up to heaven and drank Makers Mark with God, Jesus, and some guy named Ricky. God to me it was OK to smoke pot, and Jesus said it was all right to consort with other peoples wives as long as they were separated and you felt bad about it later. Ricky told me the pen was mightier than the sword, but an M-203 Grenade Launcher trumped them both.
None of them could recommend a good ghost writer, though. I asked.

 

[Border Reiver]

Ghost writers have challenges making an impression.

 

[marplots]

But the monkey... It went to Heaven, right?

Yes. And dogs. All dogs still go to heaven.

 

[marplots]

Sorry, couldn't' find the original thread on this.... Search feature is not very responsive.

Anyway, the lad who "went to Heaven" and who was the subject of the best-selling book and movie...Has recanted. Says he made it all up.....
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...ign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150116

I see. So the atheists finally got to him after all.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Ghost writers have challenges making an impression.

You mean Holy Ghost Writers.

 

[Ryan O'Dine]

I'm confused. How are we supposed to tell the difference between a child making crap up, and a real live miracle?

 

[Chuck Guiteau]

I'm confused. How are we supposed to tell the difference between a child making crap up, and a real live miracle?

First, I'd say we have to find a real live miracle to use as an exemplar.

Or maybe:

One begins with, "I can't turn in my homework becuz...", and the other with, "Once upon a time..."?

 

[Ryan O'Dine]

...snip...
One begins with, "I can't turn in my homework becuz...", and the other with, "Once upon a time..."?

That seems as scientific as anything.

 

[Beerina]

Congrats on my fellow atheist, whoever it was, who kidnapped his Teddy bear and held it hostage until he lied that he made it up.

And that fellow atheist was so clever as to hide its traces, by making sure the kids tell the bible is the only book which count. That was verrry clever.

"I did not die. I did not go to Heaven," Alex wrote. He continued, "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."

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[tsig]

I'm confused. How are we supposed to tell the difference between a child making crap up, and a real live miracle?

They say Jesus a lot "cause we all know that you cain't lie when you have a mouthful of Jesus.

 

[Leumas]

I'm confused. How are we supposed to tell the difference between a child making crap up, and a real live miracle?

The real miracles are the ones that have not yet definitely and assuredly beyond any shred of doubt been exposed as someone making crap up.

But I think the real miracle is that even after made up crap has been clearly and irrefutably proven to be vile fraud, many people elect to believe that the liar is the one who pointed out the scam.

Still today in 2015 I still meet people who are sure we found WMDs in Iraq and no amount of reasoning would convince them otherwise because all those sources I cite are not Fox News and thus are liars.