I went to a catholic school, so they teach me to pray as a way to speak to God, and said we must pray every night (so I did). But I couldn't imaginate how God could speak to everybody at the same time. My mum told me God has a huge pbx with answer-machine so you can leave a message that sure he will listen to. And for a long time I used to leave messages.
A childhood belief about prayers

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I would one day have a dog, and I would teach him to speak, read, and even write!— Gretchen
- I used to believe I could speak with animmals!!! I used to believe he answer my... — pierre
- I used to believe when I was a child ,
during xtmas time animals speak like humans after 12 pm— lan - My brother used to believe that when we went to school dogs went to dog school to learn to speak and read— Matt
- I used to think that if you leave the Xbox console on too long, it will overheat and explode! — Jan
- My niece used to believe that I lived in the sky because she always saw me leave for school on an airplane.Anon