A cryptic series of tweets from the inspiration behind a new movie about the afterlife launched a rather hilarious Twitter frenzy late last night.
For those that don’t care or practice Satanism, Heaven is For Real is a heavily Christian-themed movie based on a book about a young boy, Colton Burpo, who wakes from a coma and claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience. Much of the movie is the youngster telling awestruck adults about things he couldn’t possibly know about in his matter-of-fact, childlike and innocent way. As you can imagine, a lot has been written and discussed about this movie and Burpo’s story. The film, starring Greg Kinnear (who has come a long way since his Auto Focus days) has so far made more than $32 million at the box office. Turns out, lots of people are moved and touched by this boy’s reported experiences. Great; let’s buy an extra large tub of buttered popcorn and ponder the existence of the afterlife.