Boy Who Came Back From Heaven’ actually didn’t; books recalled

Washington Post ^ | January 16, 2015 | Ron Charles

[Bigg Red]

Alex Malarkey

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The name should have been a tip-off.

[Bigg Red]

Alex Malarkey

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The name should have been a tip-off.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Malarky is a good name for an author of this genre.

It is appointed for a man to die once . . .

[daniel1212]

Unlike testimonies as To Hell And Back By Doctor Rawlings

And Glimpse into eternity, i was skeptical of this, among most other ones, without even seeing it.

[daniel1212]

Tyndale House Publishers was founded in 1962 by Dr. Kenneth N. Taylor as a means of publishing The Living Bible. Which is so much a paraphrase that it should not be called a Bible, nor use Tyndale’s name to sell it.

Bad start.

[Elsie]

Be careful, Jesus and His mother don’t look so kindly on smartasses,

His mother is dead; so there's ONE worry less to worry about.

[Elsie]

I wonder if this tendency to make up tall tales is somehow genetic?

Only among Mormons.

And Catholics...

[Elsie]

But we ALL know that it really WAS Mary in Portugal!!!

[Elsie]

To Hell And Back might be possible; but to Heaven and back goes against what the Book states:

1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

[murron]

One lied and the other hasn’t said he lied, so no proof he did lie. The media wants that reaction, that’s why they’re going with this story. Because one lies doesn’t make everyone else a liar.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

There is also Saul and the Witch of Endor. If I remember correctly nothing is said of whether Samuel had been in Heaven. The interesting thing is to notice the absolute terror of the necromancer/witch. Being a fraud she had no expectation that Samuel would appear.

It seemed to fit in with the general discussion.

[dartuser]

What about Matthew 17:1-3? Moses and Elias came back.

That was a vision ...

[RedHeeler]

Findin’ out, should be an interesting adventure. Stay ready, for the next swing is swingin’

[Boogieman]

Even if that was the real Samuel that appeared to Saul, he would not have been in Heaven before that, as he died before Christ. The righteous who died before Christ did not go to heaven, but to paradise, or “Abraham’s bosom”.

[Phillyred]

I thought the same thing.