When I was little I used to think that if your name was Christian that you were somehow more religious and spiritual than everyone else. You were "special". If your name was Christian, then you were related to God and you knew things that no one else did. Why else would you be named after a religion if you weren't related to God? Christian was a pretty popular name in my area. When my sister brought home a friend named Christy, I thought it was short for Christian and that she was going to spy on me and tell God all the bad things I did.
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- I used to wonder why so many cops in movies were called "Lieutenant" as a christian name.— chris
- I used to beleive that a catacism(spelling?) was an extremely painful Christian version of a bris.— Mike
- I used to believe that in the Christian Prayer of the Faithful, we were responding, "Lord, harrow prayer."— Smelleanor
- I used to believe that all my aunts were related to my mother and all my uncles were related to my father.— Mandy
- The boy in my class named "Sahand" must have a sister named "Safoot".Anon
- I used to think Jane Austen was related to the Bronte sisters, maybe like their cousin or step/half sister.Anon