Meanwhile, an atheist reviewer in The Washington Post described its popularity as "scary". Since its release, the film has "played to rapturous and often tearful crowds who seem to view Colton's claims as gospel" according to one news report. and sat at Jesus' knee." Apparently what lent Colton's story credibility was that he was able to describe people of which he could have had no knowledge – unless he had really been to heaven. He told his parents that while visiting heaven he met John the Baptist. However, as The Daily Telegraph reported, "what Todd did not expect was that little Colton would not only survive his near-death experience on the operating table but come back full of stories of the angels and rainbows he had seen while unconscious. His four-year-old son Colton suffered a burst appendix and nearly died. The film Heaven Is For Real, which took $22.5 million (£13.4 million) in its first three days, is based on a best-selling book telling the story of US preacher Todd Burpo. It's the Box Office sensation that is taking America by storm – and it's all about a central tenet of Christian belief.
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