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My daughter used to believe that God's first name was Howard because of the Lord's Prayer "...hallowed (Howard) be thy name." I almost didn't have the heart to correct her.
Cheryl
In Sunday School we were taught that The Lord was always with you. This made me very uncomfortable when I was using the bathroom and I took the fastest showers you ever saw.
I don't believe in God now but I still don't like to dawdle in the shower.
Whiz Kid
When I was a kid, my grandma had a picture of some byzantine mosaic displaying a very austere version of God. The title of the picture was "Pancreatore", that means "The Creator Of All Things" in italian. I used to believe that Pancreatore was a sort of vice-God who worked for Him when God had to punish or scold someone.
Marta
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When I was little, my mom told me God was watching me all the time. So I would spend a great deal of time just staring up at the sky waiting for a giant eyeball to open up out of it and look back at me.
Kayla
My not so nice stepsister told me when I was around 8 yrs old that the devil lived on the top bunk of my bunkbeds (I kept my stuffed animals and spare blankets up there. One day, some blankets must have been pulled over near the edge, and so they came down with a plop by themselves! I ran out screaming, more terrified than I'd ever been in my life. No amount of my parents' reassurance could convince me to go back in there for weeks!
Hilary
when I was riding home from school to go to after school in 3rd grade, I said "OH MY GOD" and one lady said "Don't say that unless your asking God for something." So when I got home, I stood in front of the fan and asked God to turn it on. Of course it didn't. I feel so dumb...
Gigi from NY
I used to belive that the reason God and the devil were enemies was because when they were youger they were best - friends. they were playing catch and the ball went over the fence and God was to short to get it and the devil wouldn't get it and they starting hating each - other. But the devil was green and God looked like sleepy from the 7 dwarfs.
Gigi from NY
When I was like 4-6 I thought God looked like sleepy of the seven dwarfs, and the devil was the evil witch from the Wizard of Oz. I used to talk to them in my head, and the witch was pretty cool, but after all, I didn't know much about the devil except that he was red.
Gigi from NY
when i was about six until i was 10 i believed that god looked like Mr. Clean.
I picked my daughter up from Catholic School one day and she told me the Mother Superior would be visiting the following day. I asked her "who is the Mother Superior" she replied "the mother of all mothers"
when i was younger, mi father used to work late and had to spend a lot of time away from home. mi mother and i would go to church without him and i learnt that God was my father. so one day when my dad came home for saturday after work, he entered the house to find me concertrating hard on my skool work. he ruffeled my and said "isn't your hard working daddy going to get a hug?" and i replyed "no. you are not my dad! God is so there!". all i can say now is that my dad fainted from the shock of being insulted!
matty
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When I was little, I used to scoot over in my bed to make room for my guardian angel to lay down and sleep. I figured after following around after me all day long, he'd be plenty tired and need a rest!
Trish
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When I was small I visited some family member's grave in the cemetery with my grandma. At the entrance of the cemetery there was a cross. I asked my grandma, to whom does that cross belong, because I thought it's someone's grave. She answered that it belongs to Jesus. I was so proud that Jesus was buried in my hometown.
Annie
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One Christmas eve my brother convinced me that the pope was Baptist. He told me everytime our dad used the expression "is the pope catholic" that he was really using it to say no instead of yes. On Christmas morning when asked if I liked my presents I responded "well, is the pope baptist." I recieved many confused looks and my brother laughed histerically.
There was black dirt under the sand in my sand box. A friend of mine said that it was the Devil's skin, and we better not dig into it or he'd get mad, rise up, and "get" us. I made sure I NEVER dug into the Devil's skin!
Al Bradford
When I was younger, I thought God looked like Phil Donahue the talk show host. Except that I thought that God didn't wear glasses and always had on a white tuxedo and white patent leather shoes.
Kelly G.
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I used to get confused when I was little, because Jesus was born at christmas and dies at easter, so did he grow up in just three months????
Sharon Russell, US of a
I am not a big fan of big bodies of water. When I was little, I was told that Jesus was beat with Cat O Nine Tails. I belived that I went into the lake and touched one, it would split my hand to shreds. I didnt find out until I was 22! that "Cattails" were harmless and a totally different thing! I still won't go near them though!
Pep
When I was little I used to play with Fisher Price little people, I used to think God was a giant kid, and we were his little people.
When I was young, I knew that God was an important person. I also noticed that a picture of a man with white hair seemed to be everywhere (schools, libraries, and even on money.) I thought "that guy must be important because his picture is everywhere, so that must be God." When I was a bit older I learned that it was George Washington. I still think it's funny that money says "in God we trust."
Tam Pecore
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