Who says crime doesn't pay. It paid off big for this family. Fraud is a crime and Todd Burpo, a Wesleyan minister pulled off a doozy . Say hello to the Burpo family who are getting rich on the sham book Heaven is for Real, in which their son Colton (the liar on the left) claims to have visited heaven during a failed operation when he was 3-years old. Of course the visions Todd created for him are nothing but white Protestant cliches: blue-eyed Jesus, angels with wings, pearly gates, mucho halos, you know everything those send-me-your-money evangelists said it would be. And now—get ready for this!—Sony is actually making a movie out of the fabrications of Todd Burpo and his twerpy son. That means more big bucks for this ludicrous scam. So you see crime does pay. Our gullible society proves it again and again. Which is why I am working on my new book Hell is for Real, in which I reveal my visit to this horrific inferno while under nitrous oxide at the dentist. I was surprised that Satan was so charming and hospitable. And delighted to learn that not only the evidoers suffer the eternal flame of hell, but also greedy, sanctimonious, lying, hypocritical Christians—you know, like the Burpos.
Friday, March 30, 2012
A family of frauds
Who says crime doesn't pay. It paid off big for this family. Fraud is a crime and Todd Burpo, a Wesleyan minister pulled off a doozy . Say hello to the Burpo family who are getting rich on the sham book Heaven is for Real, in which their son Colton (the liar on the left) claims to have visited heaven during a failed operation when he was 3-years old. Of course the visions Todd created for him are nothing but white Protestant cliches: blue-eyed Jesus, angels with wings, pearly gates, mucho halos, you know everything those send-me-your-money evangelists said it would be. And now—get ready for this!—Sony is actually making a movie out of the fabrications of Todd Burpo and his twerpy son. That means more big bucks for this ludicrous scam. So you see crime does pay. Our gullible society proves it again and again. Which is why I am working on my new book Hell is for Real, in which I reveal my visit to this horrific inferno while under nitrous oxide at the dentist. I was surprised that Satan was so charming and hospitable. And delighted to learn that not only the evidoers suffer the eternal flame of hell, but also greedy, sanctimonious, lying, hypocritical Christians—you know, like the Burpos.
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