I used to think that when you prayed, you should bend your head and shut your eyes because God in all His glory actually came right into the room with you and if you peeked at all you would be blinded by his glory and beauty forever. I don't know how long it took me to figure out this wasn't true, but it was a major relief.
A childhood belief about prayers
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you opened your eyes when you prayed, you would see God and then die.— Charlie
- When I was about 5 or 6, I used to think the song 'Beauty and the Beast' was really 'Beauty and the Beef'.— Natski
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne
- my mum used to say if i lied my eyes would change colour...when i lied i would shut my eyes— kevin rosenqvist
- if i rolles my eyes, it would stay like that foreverAnon
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire