When I was about 3 or so, I used to believe that God looked like a rotting corpse with a Renessence King's crown, and a red robe. I didn't hate God in any way (never have never will), but I guess I imagined Him to be so was because He ruled a place where people are dead.
A childhood belief about afterlife

others believed things like this
- When I was really young I used to think that dead bodies wouldn't start rotting until they were buried.— Katherine
- Every old person I met smelled bad, and I thought old people smelled bad because they were slowly rotting.— Jasmine
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- I used to believe that if I pumped in my sleep and breathed it in I would turn into a rotting turnip!— Quako
- I used to think that when you died, you would be awake trapped in your coffin rotting for all eternity!— Trapped in the Coffin
- As a child I was taught that the tooth fairy would buy our teeth so she could add them to her crown.— Lola