I was raised Catholic, and was clearly a feminist since at least 5 years old. There is a certain Catholic prayer that goes, "For our men and our salvation, He came down from heaven." For years, I thought salvation MUST mean women, because why would Jesus come only for our men?
A childhood belief about prayers
others believed things like this
- My mother, the good Catholic, thought that Jesus, being a string bean (supreme being) was really skinny.— Mark D
- I used to think God and Jesus were the same person. And I grew up Catholic.— Jackie Mullinix/st louis
- I used to believe that the salvation army was an actual army.Anon
- That you start out Catholic and after you reach a certain age you then become Protestant.Anon
- I am Catholic. I used to believe that the Father presenting the Mass was in fact God himself.— Lindsey
- I used to believe the local Catholic church was Disney Land.— Sherri