when the Priest in my church used to say something about praying "as our lord tortoise"... i thought that God had the ability to change into a tortoise or something
A childhood belief about church

others believed things like this
- I used to believe God had a pet tortoise. There was a hymn we sang that went "Great things he hath taught us"— Lozza
- I used to think that the priest at church was JESUS.
He had a beard.... it made sense— Joe B - 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
- I used to think that church songs were pop music. Well, we did sing them in church every week...— Roxy
- I used to think that the praying mantis was related to the katydid!Anon