When I was small, at the end of Catholic Mass, the priest says "Go in Peace to love and serve the Lord". The response is "Thanks be to God", but boredom had overtaken me by then , so I always said "Thank God for that". Fortunately I don't now, I know better.
A childhood belief about church

others believed things like this
- I am Catholic. I used to believe that the Father presenting the Mass was in fact God himself.— Lindsey
- I always hear Manic Street Preachers 'You Love Us' as 'You Love Arse'.— Lou
- I used to believe that the B-52's song "Love Shack" was actually "Love Shark!"— Natalie
- I used to think the song "love the one you're with" was called "love the one, your win. — Glowworm
- when i was little i asked what time midnight mass started.
i honestly had no idea.— what time?? - I used to think my priest was a bit foolish for never having noticed that Dog is God written backwards— anticap