church

I remember I got told in church that were all part of God's family. I spent years believing my best friends and the other kids at school were really my brothers and sisters.

Erin Jones

I used to think that my dad was jesus, because he looked like the traditional brown bearded, blue eyed illustration of him. but I also kind of though that he was the devil because he didn't come to church with me and my mum. It was ver confusing.

Anon

By second grade I had learned about the chosen people, the Jews of biblical times. I had never heard the term in a contemporary context so when a little girl my age, a neighbor of my grandmother, told me she was a Jew, I remember being absolutely amazed and delighted. I had assumed they no longer existed, as if in another era they had mysteriously become extinct like dinosaurs.

Isabel

Because I was so short, I couldn't see the altar boys at Mass. I though that
the host itself made the little ringing bell noise when the priest held it up.

Monique

When I asked my grandmother what happened to the money we put in the collection plate at church, she said it "was for God." I interpreted this literally, but added a childish fantastic twist to the concept, and believed that every so often God would send a flying ship called "The Ship of Zion" (I have no idea why it was called that) to collect the money and take it to heaven. This still struck me as odd, because supposedly heaven's streets were paved with gold...

Anon

We were not required to attend school during the three summer months, so I assumed that church worked the same way. All through May and June, I kept wondering which Sunday would be the last before our summer vacation from church services. But graduation day never came.

Tom

Once we went to church we were going to give money when they passed around the collection box. I cried and sceamed so bad because I wanted the money my selfe.
I didnt really understand the whole thing of shearing!

Tim_Norway

in mass, instead of
"...for the good of all this church"
i always thought it was
"...for the good of August church". probably because my birthday was in August. didn't figure this one out until i was probably 10 or so...

jody

My Pop is a preacher. When I was a kid, he preached at the First Baptist Church in Springlake. Imagine my surprise when I saw a First Baptist Church in a totally different town! I had thought that Pop's church was THE FIRST Baptist chuch ever built!

TxTetley

In the consecration during the catholic mass, the priest held up a host to the sound of bells, in front of a gold-plated tabernacle. A short time later, He would hold up a golden cup, again to the sound of bells. later, hosts were distributed to those taking communion from what appeared to be the same cup. I was convinced that God would "count the house" and take parts of the original host, transfer them into the cup so everyone who wanted to could get a host at communion. The bells were the sound of the transfer.

Debbie

I used to believe that at sunset the world was going to be destroyed by fire. Our pastor was a fire and brimstone type and he had me so cinvinced that Christ was comm\ing any second. I was 16 before I could sit and watch a sunset.

Brian

When I was maybe 4 years old and attending Sunday School, I thought the teacher was telling us about the JUICE in Israel. I couldn't figure out why the JUICE had anything to do with chosen people

Mark Gould

While at nursery school, aged four, we were all taken to the Church next door for Harvest Festival. The headmistress told us we had to be on our best behaviour because we were in God's house.
I was seriously expecting him to be there, and very disappointed that he wasn't in when we came round.

Laurie

I used to believe that spiritual grace was actually a physical thing that a person acquired internally.

I went to Catholic school, grades 1-8, and in my very early years, when the nuns talked about "grace" we acquired through the sacraments, I thought that grace was actually something inside of you. In my mind, grace was grey and foamy and fluffy - very light.

I never wondered why I couldn't feel it inside - I just assumed it was there after I did something good, like going to confession. I assumed it would be near my heart and disappear after awhile until I did something else that was good and then the "grace" would re-appear inside.

Amy M.

I used to believe that Jahovahs Witnesses were people who were in the IRA who had seen something happen on the rock of Gibralta.

Mazzkitten

I used to believe that the Pope was an evil person. I first saw him on TV during some world crisis. I thought that someone who wears that bright of white with all that gold has to be evil. He was also old an had to be escorted (like a boss of some mafia movie). People still haven't proved me wrong...

Viet