When, in a Roman Catholic Sunday service the alter-boy rang a bell to signify "altering-of-water-to-wine", I believed that it was actually a MAGIC sound from God Himself.
It wasnt until I grew up (and luckily became an athiest) that I learned otherwise.
A childhood belief about church

others believed things like this
- I grew up Jewish. Until I was about 10, I believed that everyone who wasn't Jewish was Catholic.— Philm35
- I used to think God and Jesus were the same person. And I grew up Catholic.— Jackie Mullinix/st louis
- My Sister Used To Believe She Could Fly By Driniking Water From A Magic Forton. I Told She Couldn't.— Zoe
- I used to believe that the sun shone brighter on a Sunday! Sunday in all languages is named after the Sun!!!— Vasu Moses
- One day when I was 6 I learned that the toilet was NOT a water cooler. :/— J.C.
- I used to think that pickles grew naturally in the sea, and that's why the water in the jar was so salty.Anon