When I was little, my parents told me that if I swore too much, God could hear me and He'd think I had a bad soul. So every time I swore, I pictured a black mark being put on my soul. I thought that when someone's soul turned completely black, they were sent to Hell.
A childhood belief about afterlife

others believed things like this
- i thought that you had like a box or something inside you to hold your soul for the longest time— jill
- I was told that if one doesn't cover their mouth when yawning that their soul would escape.Anon
- I thought vegetarians couldn't read Chicken Soup for the Soul. — Aretia
- I thought that Hey Soul Sister was by OneRepublic and released in November 2015Anon
- there's such thing as "soul-security"( social security )
because of the way my stupid parents pronounce it— elizabeth - i used to believe that if you slept with cats that they would eat your soul and you would die!!Anon