I was told that your soul was "in your heart," which, as a child, I of course took literally. I was also told that it was this that went to heaven when you died. If this thing was not me, what good was it?
A childhood belief about afterlife

others believed things like this
- I thought that Heaven was literally up in the sky and you could fly there in a plane— Nate
- When i was younger i believed that when you died your soul use to go into a monkeys body— Ríoghnach
- I was told that if one doesn't cover their mouth when yawning that their soul would escape.Anon
- when i was little i used to believe that when you died a helicopter came to take you to heaven— purplefish
- I used to think that when people died, their whole bodies were taken up to heaven, not just their spirits.— Karrie
- i used to believe when you died you went to heaven and played sale of the century!!!!Anon