i was brought up as a catholic, and during church when they said 'thanks be to god' i genuinely thought they were saying 'thanks peter god'
for quite a while i thought jesus was called peter...
A childhood belief about prayers

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the saying "thanks be to God" went "thanks, Peter God" - as if Peter was his first name :-)— Foz
- i thought that new disney peter pan song said "spread your legs" but its really "spread your wings"— shasta
- I used to believe that TV finished after Blue Peter.— Jen
- When I was younger, I seriously believed Peter Pan was real and would take me away to Neverland.Anon
- My mother, the good Catholic, thought that Jesus, being a string bean (supreme being) was really skinny.— Mark D
- I used to think God and Jesus were the same person. And I grew up Catholic.— Jackie Mullinix/st louis