It's the End of the World As We Know It!

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

Has anyone seen/read the boy Heaven is for Real? I saw it in Target yesterday and it looked interesting. It's about a 4yo who went into emergency surgery and, when he woke up, he told his parents about how he'd left his body and went to heaven for awhile. He apparently described heaven as it's described in the Bible even though he's never read that descrip, described what his parents were doing during his surgery, etc. It looked like an interesting, "a child shall lead them" kinda read: http://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Real-Li...6125026&sr=8-1.

/hijack

I've heard of the book and the background story buuuuuttttt I don't know if I necessarily believe it (I do believe in an afterlife, a higher power, out of body experiences/near death experiences though). I mean, the kids father is a pastor and 4 year olds are not only very impressionable but they pick up on a lot more things than us adults give them credit for. The story reminds me of people who claim to have been victims of demonic possession. 99% of the possessed are devout to fanatical Christians. You never hear of atheists or buddhists or Easter/Christmas christians getting possessed.

[AlphaFrog]

We went to the grocery store yesterday, and we just happened to be out of almost everything - we've both been really busy these past few weeks and hadn't had time to sit down and make a list...so after being teased about the huge cartload of food we bought, my husband said we should have told them that we decided that since the world didn't end, it was finally time to go shopping. It was actually pretty funny, because that's not usually the kind of humor I hear from my husband.