I was a very pious good Catholic little girl. So I thought the idea of dying and going to heaven would be very nice.
I envisioned lying in a bed with elaborately carved golden posts at each corner. Then when one died, four angels would appear--one at each post--and would fly the bed right into heaven. I think I got this mixed up with the doctrine of Mary's assumption into heaven, which the Church was proclaiming at the time.
A childhood belief about afterlife

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that every time I went to church, I got "points" to go to heaven. — Poxy
- that when it thunder'd it was angels rolling barrels around heaven.— daniel copeland calif,u.s.
- My older sister used to beleive that when it rained, the angels in heaven were having a spitting contest— Doblica W.
- 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