Fox News: 'Heaven Is For Real'

[HarveyDarkey]

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[Poll_Blind]

1. I am terribly glad the child is alive. To all other aspects, I roll my eyes. n/t

PB

[emilyg]

2. I hope it is.

[onager]

3. Anything for a book deal and a Fox interview...

But I'm really impressed that it's JUST EXACTLY LIKE EVERY OTHER SIMILAR F@#KING STORY I EVER HEARD.

:argh:

[xfundy]

4. Well, that settles it for me!

"A really big person who holds the universe in his hands." "A smile that lit up the heavens." Obviously no coaching here at all.

[LandR]

5. indeed

yes this also answered the most important questions for me, particularly the part where the boy correctly predicted that his dad was in a small room and his mom was on the phone while he was in surgery. Truly a miracle to know such things and impeccably proves the existence of ye with the sea blue eyes.

[Isserley]

21. Saw that this morning

What you quoted was what made me really roll my eyes. They had no shame. So the lord can hold the earth in one hand, where does he find the extra limbs to hold Saturn, Jupiter , our solar system, our galaxy, our universe and perhaps several other universes. That was so shameful. He also said he met his miscarried sisterwhom his parents NEVER talked about.
These people are Jesus fans. No way they would let a miscarriage go unmentioned; in church, work or home. Or anyone who would listen. BTW nice to know Jesus looks exactly like the renaissance pics.

[AlbertCat]

26. So the lord can hold the earth in one hand,

Why and how does an omnipresent being need a hand? A hand is a configuration of muscle, nerves, bone, tendons.... it needs a brain to operate...which requires another whole set of things like neurons and dopamine...



So the boy was in paradise....and then he lived....so was removed from it. Too bad!


Why a boy under the influence of heavy drugs and trauma, spouting out a description he's been fed by his parents, teachers and peers is to be believed is beyond me.

[SkyDaddy7]

24. My thoughts exactly!

Everything else could be explained as well...Kids listen to what their parents talk about even if they think they don't! I would listen to conversations my parents would have with each other or friends even from the next room then later ask them questions about what they had been talking about days or even weeks later nearly giving them a heart attack! So, none of this is impressive unless you are already under the spell of religion or you so desperately want there to be heaven.

However, I am sure this kid, well his parents, will cash in off this book! It is one thing if it was the Dad or Mom making these claims but a little child, awww how sweet & it must be real! CHA-CHING!!

[lumpy]

34. Evidently his folks listen to the song, " He's got the whole world

in his hand" a lot, pray a lot, talk a lot about God, granddaddy and all that jazz. People under anesthesia have had similar visual experiences. Put it all together and you have a great book deal.

[NuclearDem]

6. WELL BAPTIZE ME, IT'S TIME TO CONVERT

:sarcasm:

[AsahinaKimi]

7. Sounds to me like Fox News is

promoting Religion, instead of the News.. wonders never cease!!

[Grassy Knoll]

8. I (heart) tabloid teevee. n/t

[Grassy Knoll]

16. Just like balloon boy.....

my daddy mad me say this crap for publicity, LOL

[tomm2thumbs]

19. totally sounded Balloon Boy ish - and voila! There's a book for sale! Imagine that...

host: what about Jesus?
boy: 'he had a rough but kind face, sea blue eyes and a smile that lit up the heavens...'




oh no, Balloon Boy is gonna puke again with all that fancy talk.

[awoke_in_2003]

27. is it any wonder...

that this description of Jesus exactly matches the white jesus he grew up with, and doesn't look a bit Jewish at all?

[WingDinger]

9. And Jesus had sea blue eyes.

[liberation]

13. And spoke with a Southern Twang...

... and angels sang country in autotune.

Praise Jeebus!

[awoke_in_2003]

28. Well the angles may sing country...

"but if you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king" (I am sure someone will get the reference)

[awoke_in_2003]

37. I am surprised, no one caught it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTNdluAHD2U

it's a Texas thing, I guess

[AtheistCrusader]

10. :barf:

[WCGreen]

11. I was in a drug induced coma for over two weeks...

I was desperately clinging to life. They told Mrs WCGreen that I only had about a 40% chance of recovery...

I do remember dreaming all sorts of strange dreams.

One really struck me and actually helped to change my life, slightly.

I dreamt I was in a battle with an evil hispanic man and he was hurling temptation after temptation at me.

Tested my moral fiber.

Even now, over six years later, I can still remember hi trying to entice me into joining him, of giving up.

Of course I know that it was all in my mind and that I probably had taken something from the TV and incorporated into my dream state.

Why I mention this is because I can see how someone would embrace this type of delusional incident and conflate the dream with a belief that was already there.

All my dreams while in that state are still with me, like no other dream I ever had before or since.

So all I am saying is that the dream state that we fall into when under heavy duty opiates are probably as real, or nearly as real, as reality is for many people...

[liberation]

12. Dude, your subconscious is prejudiced....

Opiate-induced trips are really intense. ;-)

[WCGreen]

14. I figure out later that I had a day nurse who was hispanic and she

probably had the Spanish Speaking channel on the TV while sitting with me...

I can handle them when self-induced but when foisted on me without my knowledge proved to be really intense.

[MrModerate]

20. That's a very charitable response, and I congratulate your graciousness.

I, on the other hand, am convinced it's nothing more than god-bothering parents hoping to make a quick buck through religious quackery and not caring how profoundly fucked-up their child is going to be on the other side of this stunt.

[awoke_in_2003]

29. I had a dream about a hispanic person...

testing my moral fiber- it was Salma Hayek, and I thought I was in heaven :)

[WCGreen]

32. That was good.....

[lumpy]

35. Under anesthesia I dreamt I knew the secret of life, but I never

could remember what it was after I woke up, damn it!

[MrModerate]

15. Is there any hope for America with such people in it?

Lord love a duck. Holy fucking shit. Christ on a crutch. Mary mother 'o god.

Jesus wept.

[hourglass1]

17. oh gawd (bite tongue - bite tongue)

the good news (gospel) gretchen is that when we go to heaven, it'll be the young version ...
i am going to resist ridicule. lets see if this experience unites this blessed child's thoughts and deeds throughout his years OR
if his dad puts in a bid for a circus bigtop on ebay.

[lumpy]

36. Gosh, if I make it to heaven, I hope to hell it's the young

version. I don't want to spend my heavenly days in this old beat up Cadillac.

[Hulk]

18. Holy, holy, holy.......HE'S A WITCH!! Get a rope and torch!

Yeah...this hasn't been coached. I'm eating this shit with a big grin on my face ...TOO.

Time to upstage Christine O'Donnell.

[awoke_in_2003]

30. "HE'S A WITCH!!"

only if he floats.

[Monk06]

22. Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens ...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNdMc6wGtU

[stlsaxman]

23. I waited for Gretchen to ask "what about Allah or The Prophet Mohammed?"

kid woulda shit his self...

[dangin]

25. Leave it to the atheists...

As is usual, those blathering on about heaven don't know their own scriptures. Heaven is not a biblical idea. Or more correctly, the idea of a constantly existing heaven. According to christian scripture, gramps that the boy is talking about is in the ground somewhere. Jesus (blue eyes and all) hasn't returned, so the resurrection of the dead has not occurred, on earth or in heaven.

I bet those people have angel art in their home. Read the bible and find a time when an angel being around is a good thing for the mortals involved. Even when they are just delivering messages, it usually turns into misery for those receiving the message.

I've been a lurker here for over 6 years, this is the post that finally made me register and join. Dear lord, save me from your followers.

[awoke_in_2003]

31. yeah, your explanation of heaven...

makes just as much sense :crazy:

[tomm2thumbs]

33. loved the post - lurker or not, your 1st post is right on the money

[dangin]

39. Not my explanation

It's not my explanation, that what the bible says. I think it is all bosh. But it's fun when christians can't keep "biblical truth" and "christian pop culture" separate.

[W T F]

38. Just goes to show that you can make a lot of money by telling people what they want to hear