Here's a news story I find completely mystifying. A bestselling Christian book that clams to detail a boy's trip to heaven and his return to Earth is being pulled from stores after one of its co-authors admitted it was all a lie. Duh. Ironically the authors of the 2010 "memoir" Boy Who Came Back From Heaven were named Malarkey: Kevin, a Christian therapist in Ohio and his son Alex. The part I don't understand is how is this lie any different than the crock created by the family Burpo with Heaven is for Real. The Burpo grifters have sold millions of copies and even had a movie made. Both families of so-called Christians are despicable for being liars and frauds, but at least the Malarkey's had more of an excuse since Alex was left a paraplegic from the accident that supposedly inspired the book. Therapy is very costly. The Burpos on the other hand were only inspired by greed. Sadly the gullible Christian community, desperate for any possibility for an after-life has made both fictions best sellers.
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