Heaven is for real: A little boy's astounding story of his trip to heaven and back by Todd Burpo--Colton Burpo had an emergency appendectomy when he was four years old. After his surgery, he told his parents about leaving his body during surgery and taking a trip to heaven. His details and encounters with family members he never met made his parents pause and wonder about what really happened. Read about Colton's experience and decide for yourself if heaven is for real.
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First, I am a believer. So, I am not in the least put off by a young boy's "experience" with Heaven. What I regret is that this experience was obviously the cumulative effect of Sunday School teachings, parental conversations, and a child's observations over time. (It took months, if not years, for the full story to be revealed by the boy.) This is Heaven the way a child would see it. One in which Jesus looks like the paintings of him, you get to see all your dead relatives, and the cast from the Bible stops by for a curtain call. It trivializes what is likely a Heaven so grand and complex that the human mind cannot comprehend it. It's not a bad story, but it plays into non-believers' idea of believers: that we are simple-minded, non-questioning children.
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