“This was the first time Tyndale had been told that Alex fabricated the story,” the publisher said. “We were alerted to his public statement on Jan. 14, 2015, and have since confirmed Alex’s retraction with his father, Kevin Malarkey.”
The book, The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven, detailed Alex’s alleged trip to the afterlife after he was involved in a serious car accident that left him in a coma when he was 6. The book became a best-seller, but such post-death narratives are controversial among many Christians, who believe that when people go to heaven, they stay there. Alex now apparently holds that view, as well.
“I said I went to heaven because I thought it would get me attention,” he said. “When I made the claims…I never had read the Bible. People have profited from lies, and continue to. They should read the Bible, which is enough. The Bible is the only source of truth. Anything written by man cannot be infallible.” (Washington Post, Christianity Today)