A neighbor girl and I were convinced that leprosy was a very common thing. Started in Bible class, I'm certain. The lepers were dealt with by throwing them through a hole in the roof of a specal house without doors or windows, piling up inside and eventually dying. We identified several of these places in our neighborhood. Mean enough, but our greatest concern was that we could be easily infected with leprosity by being touched by older people, say 60+. Our understanding was that church was above all an institution that dealt with this threat by healing lepers. Apparently our teacher wasn't a good communicator.
A childhood belief about church
others believed things like this
- I used to believe lepers came from Ireland. Like leprechauns, only with less body parts.Anon
- I use to think church was spelt turch because of the big T on the roof.Anon
- I used to believe that you could catch AIDS from just looking at a nud girl. Good thing I was WRONG— Mbm4615
- that God lives in the roof of our church and makes electricity to light the chandeliers— M
- My dad use to tell me that if I swallowed gum it would plug up my bum hole and eventually I would explode,— Carrie
- I used to think that GLASS and GRASS was the same thing. I always wondered why windows weren't green...— Alex