When I was little I used to believe that the phrase "delivers us from evil" referred to God putting the entire human race into a big yellow envelope and sending us away somewhere evil couldn't reach us.
A childhood belief about prayers

others believed things like this
- That the earth was inside a gigantic envelope, and the stars were pinholes in the envelope.— Kara
- I used to believe that the phrase "Mamma Mia" referred to a girl named Mia.Anon
- I used to believe that we (the human race) was a movie and God was showing it to everyone.— Sean
- i used to believe that bald people were evilAnon
- i used to beleive that bananas were evil— bob
- I believed that evil clowns wanted to eat me.— Joe