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i used to believe that god gave everyone the same amount of money in the beginning and all the people in poor places like africa wasted theres and all the rich people spended there wisely

jane

I used to believe that every religous Christmas card we recieved was sent to us by God.

Anon

When I was a kid, because God lived in Heaven, I thougth all the places in the Bible were in Heaven too, imagine my astonishment when watching the TV one day and there was film footage from Bethlehem, I was stunned and couldn't figure out how they'd gotten the cameras into Heaven, much less why everyone in Heaven [actually the good people of Bethlehem] were wearing regular clothes like "real" people ...

Lobelia Overhill

I thought all angels were named Harold, because of Hark, the Herald (Harold??) Angels Sing. This really confused me because my best friend's father was named Harold and he was no angel. He drank beer and used bad words.

Texas granny

I used to believe that there were two different pasts that everyone argued about: the dinosaur age and what happened in the bible. I heard that people argued about which one was true and which was false. Well, i knew that it had to be one or the other, because i could never imagine Jesus and a t-rex living together in harmony.

Guess

when I was little I used to think that when you said the word "Godzilla you were saying God's name in vain

Stargirl

I used to believe that God was a hedgehog!!! Silly I know, but I was about 6!

Amy-Jo

I used to blieve that the orange center of marshammow easter eggs was Jesus...

Hayley

When I was eight years old, my Vacation Bible School teacher talked about "giving your life to Jesus": as literal-minded as I was, the idea that Jesus wanted me to commit suicide for him scared the pants off me!

Ingeborg S. Nordén

When I was little i used to think that angels lived in clouds. So when the weatherman said Sunny with no clouds, i got worried that nobody would be there to protect me.

Edgar Mendez

I thought that the Vicar who came to my primary school every now and then was God. My mum didn't even bother to correct me!

Jane

That God was always watching you, and if you were naughty he would kill you

Alex

my husband figured out when he was very small that he must be jesus. he knew that his dad's name was joseph, but never knew what his mom's name was because his dad always used to call her 'mom'. hubby figured her name must be mary, and he knew his brother couldn't be jesus because his name was frank, so, bless him, he decided that he must was jesus. i think thats soooo sweet!! his mom's name was lily, by the way!

lou

Until a few months ago (and we are both 13) when discussing 'Joseph and his technicolour dreamcoat', my friend realised that that story and many others including Noah are all actually in the Bible and not just made up by writers and composers.

Snap-hiss

I use to believe until theology class in 10th grade, that Pontious pilot was a mountain. And Jesus Crist was crucified in the shadow of this huge mountain. You know, he was crucified under pontious pilot.

Anon

No joke- I used to think the religious hierarchy went (low to high) God, then Santa Claus, then this oddly shaped piece of black plastic that I found.

Kitten

I loved watching the cartoon Casper the Friendly Ghost and wondered why the Holy Ghost never got his own show.

Robert

I used to believe Jesus cleaned my room.

Angelina

I used to believe Jesus looked like The statue of Lincoln. I was 3 or 4 when my family went to DC. The statue of Lincoln was the biggest person I had ever seen and it reminded me of the bible story of children sitting at Jesus' feet. I had that picture in my head for years.

AnnPS

When I was about 5 or 6 and heard about the Holy Spirit, I was really freaked out; maybe I associated "spirit" with ghosts or something. Around the same time, my grandparents had these old G.I. Joes and Star Trek guys, and there was one with black suction cups on his hands. So when I was little, I imagined the Holy Spirit as a fully poseable plastic guy with black suction cups for hands.

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