i used to believe (because my mum told me!) that when it thundered that god was angry and the thunder was him shouting at all the bad people.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- when I was a kid, I used to believe that when thundered, it was because god was angry— deividi brasil br locao
- I was told as a kid that when it thundered, God was playing basket ball. LOL! — Tony
- When I was little my dad told me when ever it thundered it was my Grandma bowling a strike.Anon
- I used to believe that people could fly during thunder and lightning, because I dreamt this once— Minimania
- I used to believe when it thundered that god was moving his furniture around.— Debra Mcewan
- I used to believe that when it thundered it was God moving the furniture around up in heaven!— Clare N.I.