‘Boy Who Came Back From Heaven’ book pulled after author retracts story

[Gryphon Rider]

"(Reuters) - A Christian publisher moved to pull a popular book by a boy who described his time in heaven while in a coma, the Washington Post reported on Friday, days after the child, who co-authored the book with his father, retracted his story."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/17/us-usa-books-heaven-idUSKBN0KQ02A20150117

I wish this and other authors of "what I saw in heaven" types of books would have read the words of C.H. Spurgeon:

"Oh! it is time for us to know that our Christianity is not a weak, shivering thing, that appeals to the petty superstitious fears of ignorant and darkened minds. It is a manly thing, loving the light, and needing no sanctified frauds for its defense. Yes, critic! turn thy lantern upon us, and let it glare into our very eyes; we are not afraid, truth is mighty and it can prevail, and if it cannot prevail in the daylight, we have no wish that the sun should set to give it an opportunity. I believe that very much infidelity has sprung from the very natural desire of some Christian people to make use of common mistakes. "Oh," they have said, "this popular error is a very good one, it keeps people right; let us perpetuate the mistake, for it evidently does good." And then, when the mistake has been found out, infidels here said, "Oh, you see now these Christian people are found out in their tricks." Let us have no tricks, brethren; let us not talk to men as though they were little children, and could be frightened by tales of ghosts and witches."

Accidents, Not Punishments - A Sermon - Delivered on Sunday Morning, September the 8th, 1861 by the Rev. C. H. SPURGEON, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, England

http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0408.htm

[BF]

I can't speak for anyone else that goes under....all I can speak of is from my experience. 

Last summer, I had kidney cancer surgery.  They put me in a coma that I was apparently under for a couple weeks.  

While in a coma, I didn't know anything, didn't see anything, had zero memory of anything.  

I was not aware of anything until they had started to try and wake me up....which took several days.

I have no memory of anything for about 2 1/2 weeks or more....and then, there's just bits and pieces after that for about a week.  

That's when I had all of the hallucinations...a couple I remember, most I don't.   All I know is what the wife told me.  Apparently some of them where pretty funny....and apparently, some of them where pretty frightening.  

[Patrick]

Now didn't they make a movie about that kid ?

And wasn't one of the authors named Malarkey ?  Thats a heck of a pen name, isn't it.

[CajunRider]

Now didn't they make a movie about that kid ?

And wasn't one of the authors named Malarkey ?  Thats a heck of a pen name, isn't it.

Maybe you're thinking of "Heaven is for real"?  Different book that turned into a movie recently (1 or 2 years ago).  

I don't think "The boy who came back from Heaven" made it to the big screen.
Of course I could be wrong....

http://heavenisforreal.net/