In our church, a layperson would say the final prayer aloud while we all bowed our heads and closed our eyes. For years and years I thought the preacher did something magical, because when the prayer was over and we opened our eyes, he had moved from the pulpit to the back of the church. I didn't figure it out until one day when I was brave enough to open my eyes during the prayer and I saw him walk down the aisle with his eyes wide open!
A childhood belief about church
others believed things like this
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- I used to believe that in the Christian Prayer of the Faithful, we were responding, "Lord, harrow prayer."— Smelleanor
- I used to believe that if you sneezed with your eyes open you would die!— Becky
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy
- I used to believe that newborn babies didnt open their eyes for a few weeks like kittens :) — Cash