When I was a little Catholic girl, I knew there were Catholic schools and public schools, so I thought there were two religions, Catholic and "public." When I met a new friend, I asked her, "Are you Catholic or public?" As you can imagine, that got me strange looks.
A childhood belief about church
others believed things like this
- When a "mean girl" in early grade school asked me if I was a virgin I answered "no I am catholic."— Hilary
- I was a little Catholic girl, and I used to believe that deviled ham was chopped up devils.— Camille, Palo Alto, CA
- That you start out Catholic and after you reach a certain age you then become Protestant.Anon
- I used to think God and Jesus were the same person. And I grew up Catholic.— Jackie Mullinix/st louis
- My mother, the good Catholic, thought that Jesus, being a string bean (supreme being) was really skinny.— Mark D
- I am Catholic. I used to believe that the Father presenting the Mass was in fact God himself.— Lindsey