A young man who as a boy became the subject of a bestselling book claiming he had went to Heaven and met Jesus following a car accident while comatose is now suing book publisher Tyndale House for damages.
Alex Malarkey, now 20, was left as a quadriplegic following the 2004 accident, which was made famous in the 2010 bestseller The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven.
A lawsuit filed on Monday at DuPage County Circuit Court in Wheaton, Illinois, claims that Tyndale made millions from his account, which in 2015 Malarkey admitted was a total fabrication made up by his father, Kevin Malarkey, who has since passed away.
The suit explains that the father made up the story that Malarkey "had gone to Heaven, communicated with God the Father, Jesus, angels and the devil, and then returned," and that he had taken all the profits from the book.
Whenever I think about the innate gullibility of religious people this is one of the examples that springs to mind.
Once people convince themselves that the impossible is possible they are susceptible to any "evidence," no matter own flimsy, which seems to confirm their belief.
This is why televangelists have private planes, live his huge mansions, and where Italian suits.
It is a cottage industry built around people's ignorance and need to embrace superstitious nonsense.
And in this day and age there is really no excuse for it.
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