When I was a child (up untill about age 12) when we would say the blessing at the dinner table, the prayer would go "let us thank him for our food", i always thought that it went "lettus thank us for this food", it made sense to me, since we were eating, and it said "lettus"

Anon

I went to a Catholic school, even though I was Presbyterian, and one of the boys in my class asked why I didn't do the Sign of the Cross when we said prayer. I said 'I don't believe in that part,' and before I could finish he stood up on a desk and shrieked 'MARY DOESN'T LIKE JESUS!'.

From then on, I did the Sign of the Cross anyway.

Mary R.

when I was in second grade we use to say the Lords Prayer..The Lord is my shepard, I shall not want. I thought it meant I shouldn't want Him... I couldn't understand why we prayed to Him but rejected Him all at the same time.. That was 35 years ago ..funny what you remember.

Dale

I used to think that if I wanted something, I just had to pray to God for it. For awhile every night I'd sit and make a list of what I wanted asking God to give me this and that on my bed the next morning. I'd go to bed happy and excited, only to be disappointed when I woke up, seeing nothing was there.

Stephanie

This isn't my belief but its very funny:
my granny once told me that the house she had lived in with my mum and my auts and uncles had a fire guard over the fire, and whenever they said grace before a meal my Uncle would look at the Fire Guard. When they went to stay somewhere without a fire guard, he refused to say grace at all. This was because when they said "Dear god..." he'd always said "dear guard..." meaning the fire Guard!!!!

Anon

In church when the response to the gospel reading was thanks be to God, I though it was thanks Peter God, and God was called Peter.

Anon

When I was a little girl I heard my Grandfather saying grace. Somehow I got the notion that if you didn't pray "out loud" the devil would steal your prayers!

Susan

When attending Catholic mass as a kid, I used to think, for whatever reason, that "Lord, here our prayer" was "Lord, here operator", as if he had a phone call or something. Very strange indeed.

confused as a kid

when I saw those prepare to meet thy god signs I thought they were beauty parlours for religous ladies only!

knuckles

I used to believe that if you opened your eyes while praying, that for however long you had your eyes opened, you had to keep your eyes closed for that much longer after the prayer was finished. So i started closing just one eye, and the other eye that i kept opened would see who else would need to keep their eyes closed after the prayer

Kelsey

I used to have to say the Lord's prayer everyday, but I would wonder where my daily bread was.

caledonia

During the early 1980's I attended a Catholic pre-school. We would always say the "God is Great" prayer before eating lunch. When we reached the part of the prayer thanking God for "gift's so great", I was sure Sister was saying "thank you God for disco great"! Move over John Travolta!

Hugh

I used to think that God was called Harold, as the Lord's Prayer contained the line "Our Father who art in Heaven, Harold be thy name"

Elizabeth

As a child I always made sure to say my prayers every night. I would especially ask God to forgive me for any lies I may have told. You see my Mom would tell me that the devil would come and pull my tounge out of my mouth at night while I slept if I told lies. As I was going to bed each night I always pictured this happening and never forgot to ask for God's forgivness and protection.This may sound harsh on my Mother's part, but it also made me detest lying and therfore made me a very honest person...one of my best qualities!!

Anon

At primary school we had a teacher called Mrs Auger. Every lunch time before/after a meal, we would all say, "For what we are just about to/have just receive(d), may the Lord make us truly thankful, Amen." My friend used to think it was actually "For what we are about to receive, Mary Auger make us truly thankful, Amen." She thought that the teacher's name was Mary and that she was the one who was making us thankful! Lol.

Jesi

I used to pray, "Hell Mary full of grace." and "Our father who are in Heaven, how will be thy name?" and "Give us, to say, our daily bread."..

anon

I used to believe that whenever i prayed on wanted something from God, i had to balance it out with something i was grateful for. I also used to obsess that i had to include every family relatives name in my prayers or they wouldn't go to heaven. Ah, Catholicism.

Wolfgang

When I lived with my dad, he told me to say my prayers every night before I go to bed. He meant EVERY night. And for the longest time I thought if I didn't say my prayers before I go to bed, then I would die in my sleep. So I actually did that EVERY night, until I lived with my mom and saw she didn't die when she didn't say her prayers.

anon.

When my sister was little and we would have to say the Lord's prayer in church, she would say "Our Father who art in heaven, Al would be his name" instead of "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be his name".

Anon

when my sister was littel she thought god was a cloud with eyes a nose and a mouth..how sweet!!!!

also when i was little i thought you got a baby/pregnant by praying for one because that was what was in all the story's

anon