When I was little, my family was relatively religious, so when I was caught lying I was told that I would "go to hell" for it. Afterwards I was always sent to my room. I started to believe that "hell" was just a clever "grownup" nickname for your room or another "time out" spot..seeings how thats where I always had to go for lying. I carried this belief up until kidnergarten when my teacher told the class about a time she misbehaved as a little girl and I told her "she need to go to hell for that one"!!
A childhood belief about afterlife
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if I told even one little whhite lie, I would go straight to hell.— Debbie
- I used to believe that if you said hell 50 times you went to hell— a big boff
- I was sad for many years because my aunt once told me I would go to hell for farting in church!— Tara
- I used to believe that if you crossed your fingers when you were lying, you weren't really lying.— jo
- I thought that if you wore the colour red, you would go yo hell. — Tone
- I used to believe that everything you flushed down the toilet ended up in "Hell".— Abi