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Boy Who Came Back From Heaven’ actually didn’t; books recalled
Washington Post ^
| January 16, 2015
| Ron Charles
Posted on 01/16/2015 1:11:35 PM PST by MeshugeMikey
Tyndale House, a major Christian publisher, has announced that it will stop selling The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, by Alex Malarkey and his father, Kevin Malarkey.
The best-selling book, first published in 2010, purports to describe 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 subsequent spiritual memoir with its assuring description of miracles, angels, and life beyond This World became part of a popular genre of heavenly tourism.
Earlier this week, Alex recanted his testimony about the afterlife. In an open letter to Christian bookstores posted on the Pulpit and Pen Web site, Alex states flatly: I did not die. I did not go to Heaven.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: alexmalarkey; faithandphilosophy; fraud; heaven; hoax; kevinmalarkey; malarkey; malarkeyboy; nde; neardeath; pages; ptbarnumwasright; tyndalehouse
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His honesty is refreshing
To: MeshugeMikey
5 years later isn’t very refreshing
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:13:46 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: MeshugeMikey
It was Malarkey, after all. Sorry, couldn’t resist the pun.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:14:28 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: MeshugeMikey
Luke 16:26
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:14:40 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Vendome
Tell a lie once it goes around the world as gospel truth.
The second time its exposed.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:16:13 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: GeronL
He made his million, no doubt. At least the publisher did.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:16:25 PM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: MeshugeMikey
His honesty is refreshing It would be much more refreshing if he was honest the whole time.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:18:08 PM PST
by
gdani
(Ebola exposed the U.S. as fearful, easy-to-manipulate weaklings)
To: GeronL
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:18:54 PM PST
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: MeshugeMikey
I didn’t read it or follow the story. But from what it looks like now, the story got swept up into a millions maker with no thought for the truth. Sad all around.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:19:34 PM PST
by
Yaelle
(No Cruz? Then "I'm Ready for Hillary; What Difference Does It Make?")
To: MeshugeMikey
Not to be confused with "Heaven Is For Real" about 4 year old Colton Burpo's experience. I don't think the "media" would INTENTIONALLY try to confuse anybody, do you?
sarc/
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:21:16 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(When the hell do I get MY white privilege? I'm tired of busting my @$$ for a living.)
To: gdani
Heavenly tourism?
That famous quote from Hamlet’s Soliloquy always comes to mind:
“The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns...”
No one reads The Bard any more. Or they would not have to pulp a malarkey piece of fiction.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:21:36 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: stephenjohnbanker
the boy says he never got a dime
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:21:52 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: FlingWingFlyer
Nope the media is as honest as the day is long....
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:23:10 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: FlingWingFlyer
That’s what confused me. I do think the media is trying to confuse us.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:23:20 PM PST
by
murron
(Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
To: GeronL
He was only 6 years old. I wouldn’t hold him accountable for it.
I commend him for stepping up now (at age 11??) and admitting it. That takes a spine.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:24:10 PM PST
by
Persevero
(Telling the truth is now "Hate Speech")
To: Yaelle
Indeed. Im betting it was his parents coaching..that inspired the book.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:24:21 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Heaven is real, along with Jesus, angels and the souls of those who have died in Christ ... but the stories of some people going there and coming back here to tell the tale are not real.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:24:41 PM PST
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: Vendome
Young Mr Malarkey clearly was not very theologically astute was he.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:25:10 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: goldstategop
ya cant make THIS sort of thing up.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:25:34 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Vendome
Luke 16:26Exactly. Nobody goes to Heaven and then comes back to earth to tell us about it. Had this so-called "Christian" publishing house understood the Bible in the first place, this wouldn't have ever been an issue because they wouldn't have published such "feel-good" nonsense.
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posted on
01/16/2015 1:25:51 PM PST
by
Drew68
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