When I was young and went to church I used to believe entirely that God's first name was Peter., at the end of every prayer the whole congregation seemed to me to be saying,
"thanks Peter God" of course it was really "thanks be to God".
A childhood belief about hymns

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the saying "thanks be to God" went "thanks, Peter God" - as if Peter was his first name :-)— Foz
- I used to believe that TV finished after Blue Peter.— Jen
- When I was younger, I seriously believed Peter Pan was real and would take me away to Neverland.Anon
- i thought that new disney peter pan song said "spread your legs" but its really "spread your wings"— shasta
- I used to believe that in the Christian Prayer of the Faithful, we were responding, "Lord, harrow prayer."— Smelleanor
- I used to think that church songs were pop music. Well, we did sing them in church every week...— Roxy