I used to believe that if I said words like hell, devil or words related to that. I would be calling the devil and go straight to hell. I remember I would somtimes crawl under a blanket and whisper all those words because then the devil wouldn't hear me.
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- i thought when you flushed, it went down to hell and that's what the devil fed the people in he..— Barb.
- I used to believe that the words Angliphile and Francophile were related to the word paedophiles.Anon
- My mum told me that if you eat while you're on the toilet, you're feeding the devil! — Claire
- I used to believe that all four-letter words are bad words.Anon
- I used to believe that when it thundered, it meant the devil was beating his wife.— Carol
- I believed if I prayed for the Devil, he would start being good for God. — Jackie