When I was little I used to think that if I didn't do the sign of the cross before praying God would not listen to me, so when I would forget to do it I would start praying all over again even if I was almost finished.
A childhood belief about prayers

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the praying mantis was related to the katydid!Anon
- As a child I thought that if you killed a praying mantis, you had to pay God $50.00.— stevie p
- When I was a kid I thought praying mantises were made out of grass— Landon
- when I saw a sign with a deer on it I always thought deer had to cross the street by it. like a cross walk— only me
- I used to believe that the boogie man would come and get me if I didn't listen to my parents.Anon
- King Henry VIII was named “the eighth” by his dad because the first seven didn’t listen!— Mojo