I used to think that the people who went around saying the world would end soon actually knew what they were talking about. They had the world ending before I had a chance to grow up and it scared me. I would pray and ask God not to end the world until I had a chance to become an adult.
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that killer bees would take over the world by the time I was an adult.— Kristy O.
- I thought the world was black and white because of all the smoke from the bombs in Second World War.— Bjoern
- Until a few years ago, I believed this was a "doggy dog" world, rather than a "dog-eat-dog" world.— jemima
- I used to think a world record was a record of all the people in the world singing .— JACK REGAN . [SWEENEY . ]
- I used to think that the phrase "It's a dog eat dog world'' was its a dogey dog world.— Gabral
- I used to believe that I was the only person in the entire world who knew about my favorite ratio station.— Gillian