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When I was about 8, I knew that sin had been passed down to all of us through Adam and Eve. It wasn't until a couple years later that I stopped being mad at Adam and Eve for eating the forbidden fruit--my logic had been that because they sinned, we were destined to sin--if they had only obeyed, that must mean we would all be perfect no matter what! I was especially frustrated cuz they had it easier than the rest of us, with only half a life to be good for (no childhood)--so what was wrong with those inconsiderate people anyways??

Anna

As a child, I tried to deduce the meaning of the word "manger" from its context in the Christmas story, but got quite the wrong idea. I had learned that the baby Jesus slept on a bed of hay within a stable, but I was grown before I learned that "manger" referred only to that bed of hay itself. Throughout childhood, I assumed the manger was a much larger area, so that the the stable was within the manger, so I thought, rather than the reverse. I remember, for example, when singing "Away In A Manger", envisioning the "manger" as a large field with the stable at one edge of it. In fact, somewhere in that "manger" (field) was where I envisioned the shepherds watching over their flocks when the angels appeared to tell them of Jesus's birth. Although my idea of the "manger" was a fairly large filed, it was not extremely enormous, so I then thought of the shepherds as having only a rather short walk from where the angel gave them the message to where they found the baby Jesus, in the stable, lying in the bed of hay (which I learned many years later to be the actual manger).

Naomi

Well first off to explain, I go to a pentecostal church and anyone who has ever been to one knows how we worship and what we believe. Well my nephew who was 4 at the time was talking to his mother about why his daddy doesnt go to church at night... he explained in his spooky voice that daddy is scared that the holy ghost might get him!!! It was priceless!

Ratboe

When I was little, I felt really bad for Satan from the Bible. I said to my mom "The devil doesn't seem to be very happy. Maybe if we prayed for him, he wouldn't get up to so much bad things?" She laughed and said, "Maybe."

Meredith

when i was little, i used to believe that God wad Mickey Mouse

anon

That when it rained and the sun was out the devil was beating his wife. I used to believe that when it thundered God was bowling, and lightning struck then it was a strike.

Rob

I used to believe that the devil lived underneath movie theaters! lol wierd i know

Anon

once when i went to the dentist i had a laffy gas thing placed on my nose. I though that my mom and i were floating on a cloud. i thought she was mary and i was baby Jesus. my mom made fun of me for a really l0oooooong time!

savannah

when i was a kid i though god would disapear if i didnt belive in him and leave me alone then i would change my mind and say sorry so he could help me on a test or somethin.

Melissa

The Rain Was gods way of crying out to his people

Anon

I used to believe in God.

Anon

I went to Cathlic grade school for 8 years.
I used to think that "non-Catholics" and Protestants were two completely different groups (there were no Muslims or Jews or Buddhists or whatever else in Yankton, South Dakota) and wondered where those "non-Catholics" went to church.

smith4936

I used to picture God as George Washington.

Sioux

In Norway a Cristmas carol says "I, am so happy every Christmas Eve, because then Jesus is born". This was a carol for kids, and we heard it alot. I thought for sure that Jesus was born again once a year.

Amanda

My grandmother when I was four that if I whistled it would make the Virgin Mary cry.

Anon

As a child I believed that to be considered nice people had to pretend to believe in some imaginary things. These included Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Stork who brought babies, Jesus and God. I don't think I was a little skeptic, but I didn't believe any of the above were real. I just thought those were things that nice people pretended were real. I was in college before I found out that there was an historical Jesus, and I was absolutely astonished.

Shotsi

when i was little i had a doctor who was bald i thought this was the strangest thing in the world but for some reason when ever i thought about god i thought of a bald guy i related saving live and dieng to hospitals so that were that came from but then i started thinking "maybe gods a doctor and every one on earth is in a coma" and when you die god is acctually a dr. who saved you i was 8 and agnostic now but i still think that if god is real thats how it works

cat (yes thats my name really)

I used to belive that God and Santa where the same person!!!!!!

Liane

I used to believe that Jesus and God where two geese living in heaven looking after us. This is the reason I told my friends that if they didn't behave, they wouldn't be sent to the Geese when they died (Geese - Jesus). Of cource it was the prenounciation that was the reason for this mistake

Anon

Because Christmas was in December and Easter was in April(ish), I thought that Jesus' whole life was lived in that time frame. He was born on Christmas, then BAM! turned into an adult a few month later.

You know, because he's God and all, and when you're a kid, that's the same as magic.

Dana