As I was scared of thunder storms I was led to belive by my Mum that it was only God moving his furniture around. When it didn't stop he obviously hadn't made is mind up and was moving it again.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that it would thunder when G-D was moving furniture in the sky.Anon
- I remember being told that thunder was just God moving his/her furniture around.— kipperfeet
- 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.
- As a child E believed when it thundered that it was god noisily moving his furniture about. — Deb
- when i was young i was told that thunder represented god moving the chairs about— lips