When I was a child, I used to believe that if I died as a child, I might be turned into one of those Cupid-like, naked or diapered, sexless cherub children. Teenage and adult angels (I used to think people who died became angels) got robes, but cherubic children had to be naked or diapered for eternity. Heaven was beautiful but scary/humiliating.
I'm not sure if I believed the diapers were needed (as they are in babyhood).
A childhood belief about afterlife
others believed things like this
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- When I was a child I used to believe that people died in order of age.— Silvia Spinetti
- I used to think that 'Child Locking' only worked on children and that older people could still open the door.— Anonymous Whistleblower
- that when it thunder'd it was angels rolling barrels around heaven.— daniel copeland calif,u.s.
- As a child I believed that cats, when they died, became owls and always accompanied you. — AdryLiz
- I used to believe jaywalking meant walking around naked in public (from naked as a JAY bird...)— Izzi