I used to think if you prayed God would "grant" them, like wishes. I was obsessed with Japan at the time and would always pray to be Japanese. (about 8) Every morning I truly believed that when I walked over and looked in the mirror I would have slanted eyes and black hair.
A childhood belief about prayers

others believed things like this
- I thought Oklahoma was a place in Japan (due to it weird name :P), and Japan gave it to USA later.— Luiz Alfonso
- I used to believe that if you opened your eyes when you prayed, you would see God and then die.— Charlie
- I believed that if I looked too long in the mirror admiring myself the Devil would appear.— Paul Elletson
- I used to think that everybody's hair was black and if you had blond hair, you dyed your hair.— ~_~CoolKid93_~_
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- I used to believe that my reflection in the mirror was my evil twin that always had bad hair. XDAnon