[Pastor Ezekiel]

I for one am astonished at THIS turn of events. Who ever heard of a Christian boy lying about temporarily dying and meeting Jesus up in Heaven? The only explanation I can find is that in addition to the boy being a cripple, it's also a retard. That actually happens a lot.

Boy Says He Didn't Go To Heaven; Publisher Says It Will Pull Book

Nearly five years after it hit best-seller lists, a book that purported to be a 6-year-old boy's story of visiting angels and heaven after being injured in a bad car crash is being pulled from shelves. The young man at the center of The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven, Alex Malarkey, said this week that the story was all made up.

The book's publisher, Tyndale House, had promoted it as "a supernatural encounter that will give you new insights on Heaven, angels, and hearing the voice of God."

But Thursday, Tyndale House confirmed to NPR that it is taking "the book and all ancillary products out of print."

The decision to pull the book comes after Alex Malarkey wrote an open letter to retailer LifeWay and others who sell Christian books and religious materials. It was published this week on the Pulpit and Pen website.

"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."

He concluded, "Those who market these materials must be called to repent and hold the Bible as enough."

Here are a few key background details of the story: Alex Malarkey was paralyzed at the age of 6 when he was in a car wreck. He then spent two months in a coma. He's now a teenager. The book lists him as a co-author along with his father, Kevin Malarkey.

Calling the book a "spiritual memoir," The Washington Post notes that it "became part of a popular genre of 'heavenly tourism,' which has been controversial among orthodox Christians."

Alex's parents are now divorced; he and his siblings live with his mother, Beth Malarkey, who has previously spoken out against the book featuring her son. She has also said that profits from the book haven't been going to Alex. Another book about a boy who said he had gone to heaven, Heaven Is For Real, has been turned into a movie.

Last spring, Beth Malarkey wrote a blog post stating, "Alex's name and identity are being used against his wishes (I have spoken before and posted about it that Alex has tried to publicly speak out against the book), on something that he is opposed to and knows to be in error according to the Bible."

She added, "I am fully aware of what it feels like to be pulled in. There are many who are scamming and using the Word of God to do it. They are good, especially if you are not digging into your Bible and truly studying it. They study their audience and even read 'success' books to try to build better and bigger ... 'ministries/businesses.' "

I have advised Mr. Malarkey to lay on a good Christian beating on the boy, as is prescribed in the Holy Word of God.

[VictoryOS]

We should have known something was wrong just by looking at the boy's last name. The article never specifically stated whether or not a beating has been given yet.

[Back against wall]

I think I died and went to SouthPark. What evil down syndrome spawn of satin would do this?

I bet he's not even cripple, he's probably after welfare. His parents should be held accountable for having conceiving. Brothers and Sisters, never the two should meet.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

There's a lot of money has already been made on that book. I will write to Malarky Snr. and offer him the chance to make things right with God by donating that amount to Landover that we might do some genuine good in the world.

[Back against wall]

Originally Posted by Ezekiel Bathfire

There's a lot of money has already been made on that book. I will write to Malarky Snr. and offer him the chance to make things right with God by donating that amount to Landover that we might do some genuine good in the world.

I must stop using my tablet to respond, the mistakes are unforgivable and blasphemous.
While you are writing that letter Brother Ezekiel could you ask if they would consider passing on that vile cripple child. It would make great Witch Hunt bait. Crippled Joos born from incest (I have heared) are often used in their rituals.

[Daisy Mae Johnson]

Gives "what a bunch of Malarkay" a new meaning.

I hope that child gets the beating of his life. I hope his mother tells him how he is now going to burn in for all of eternity for being the attention seeking liar that he is.

[Johny Joe Hold]

Originally Posted by Pastor Ezekiel

I for one am astonished at THIS turn of events. Who ever heard of a Christian boy lying about temporarily dying and meeting Jesus up in Heaven? The only explanation I can find is that in addition to the boy being a cripple, it's also a retard. That actually happens a lot.

I have advised Mr. Malarkey to lay on a good Christian beating on the boy, as is prescribed in the Holy Word of God.

We cannot, must not, allow the questioning of these events. Are we supposed to doubt that Jesus arose from the dead, that Paul had a vision where Jesus actually appeared? This boy had an actual encounter with the divine world and must not be allowed to lie that he did not.

Is it possible to water board this kid?

[WilliamJenningsBryan]

All I can say is this couldn't have happened at a worse time for Christians - what with a Muslim in the White House that stands idly by while Christians are raped, tortured, and beheaded all over the world, a sodomite pope doing a world tour promoting "tolerance", and the relentless LIEberals running amok undermining our sovereign True Christian™ nation (to say nothing about the usual charlatans and false Christians).

The cripple retard should be thrashed to within an inch of his life - and then he may really see Jesus.

[James Hutchins]

Despicable.

That little heathen should buy back every book and send it to Landover so it can be burned in the quarterly 'Book Burning Festival and Pie Sale'.

Anyone who does not think God 'knows the skinny' is sadly mistaken. There is a reason he made this child a worthless slab sitting in his own feces. He knew he was a complete fraud and liar, even before the book was created.

It is people like him that give Jesus a bad name. Such nerve, making up storied about going to Heaven!

[Roger Federrer]

I must admit this boy does need a good licking.