afterlife

I wasn't raised in a relgious household, so I only had vauge conceptions of heaven and hell. I thought that Heaven and Hell were right next to each other in the clouds.

Forty-Two

I thought that any paper on the ground would catch fire because it was so close to hell.

Heavenly person

When I was young my parents always told me that when you died you had beautiful white wings and could fly. They were horrified when I told them that I wanted to die!!
...Don't worry, I'm still here.

angel wannabe

I used to believe that when you went to Heaven, there was a little machine with pictures of animals on it, with buttons next to each animal. Then you would press the button of the animal you wanted to be. Then when you died as the animal, you would be in Heaven permanently. I told my dad this at age six and received, "That's reincarnation, we don't believe in that." I responded with,"... ok!" Then I pretty much forgot about it. :P

Tommy

I used to believe that the heat from the furnace came from hell, and that it was a straight drop there.

Anon

I used to believe that life was everybody waiting in a big room like a restaurant, and St. Peter was the person that called the names of the people that had died. Then his assistant would put you in an elevator, and depending on if you'd been good/bad, you would to upwards for Heaven or downwards for Hell.

I'd prefer to go up...

Because of the wonderful and beautiful things I was told about heaven, I wanted to die at age 6 so I could go there.

Rick

I used to believe that sunbeams that you could see coming down to earth were the souls of people who had just passed going up to heaven

jen

I used to believe that when my family went to Europe with an airplane that we went to heaven because we were going up wards, that we never went back down. I thought the plane would land on a cloud and the people waiting for their families were angels welcoming us to the afterlife.

Maria

If you were lonely you could always climb a ladder to heaven to talk to people..

unknown,,

Growing up in a Christian home (and still a Christian now) I was told in church (and on Simpsons amd other TV shows) that when you go to Heaven, you can do whatever you want. I used to think it would be great, because all my favourite TV shows would be on video, and I could watch tem all I wanted. Including epsides that never existed on Earth. Which meant I'd have an endless supply. I found myself thinking about this today (at the age of 19). I'd like to update this belief to be DVD, not video.

I also used to picture that God must use a computer, so that he can keep track of everyone's lives, make natural disasters occur and stuff like that. I think if I were to picture this today, His computer would be a whole lot better than it was when I was 5 or whenever I pictured it!

ragin chicken

from when i was about 3 to 9, i always had this vision that when you died, everyone in heaven would be playing checkers; even elvis!

emily

When i was little, from the time i was 2 till about 4, i actually thought that Heaven was on top of the hill in front of my house! i thought that if the clouds would move i could see God. Even though i know better, i still like to picture God sitting up there watching me on rivermont road!

Anon

i was walking along and i accidentely squashed a slug i got so distressed coz i thought god was gonna send me to hell!

bongo