NPR: alex malarkey https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=377591485 alex malarkey en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 02:00:27 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: alex malarkey https://www.npr.org/tags/377591485/alex-malarkey What If Heaven Is Not For Real? The idea that we, as individuals, did not exist 1,000 years ago doesn't seem to worry us. So, why does the idea of not existing in the future freak us out so much? Adam Frank explores this notion. Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:07:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/01/20/378528953/what-if-heaven-is-not-for-real https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/01/20/378528953/what-if-heaven-is-not-for-real Paradiso.'/>

The idea that we, as individuals, did not exist 1,000 years ago doesn't seem to worry us. So, why does the idea of not existing in the future freak us out so much? Adam Frank explores this notion.

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The young man at the center of The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven, Alex Malarkey, said this week that the story behind the 2010 book was all made up.

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