my mum and dad used to tell me that when it was thunder and lightning God was moving his furniture or using the toilet.
I was very gullible.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that it would thunder when G-D was moving furniture in the sky.Anon
- I remember being told that thunder was just God moving his/her furniture around.— kipperfeet
- My mum used to tell me that thunder was god re-arranging the furniture.— Dale
- I used to believe thunder was the sound of God rearranging his furniture.Anon
- I used to believe when it thundered that god was moving his furniture around.— Debra Mcewan
- I used to believe that when it thundered it was God moving the furniture around up in heaven!— Clare N.I.