I used to believe that the rays that shone through the clouds from the sun were "escalators" that beamed down from heaven to take people up who had died. To this day when I see them I still think that. That heaven is "beaming" people up.
A childhood belief about afterlife

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the visible rays of the sun were beaming people up to heaven. like in star trek.Anon
- I used to believe that the rays of sun coming through clouds were how God led newly dead souls into heaven.— Jenni
- I used to think that when people died, their whole bodies were taken up to heaven, not just their spirits.— Karrie
- I used to believe that when people died, they flew to heaven in their coffins.— PikachuGirl123
- I used to believe that where the sun peeks out from the clouds was where heaven was found.— Emily
- i used to believe that stars were people in heaven and the moon was god— Jessica