I used to believe, upon hearing the Lord's Prayer, that 'thou art in heaven' meant exactly what it sounded like. God was an artist, bumming around all day on the clouds with a giant celestial easel painting beautiful images. The giant hippy.
A childhood belief about prayers

others believed things like this
- When I was learning the Lord's Prayer, I used to say, "Our Father, who does art in heaven...."— Karen
- I used to believe that in the Christian Prayer of the Faithful, we were responding, "Lord, harrow prayer."— Smelleanor
- I used to picture God as a giant transparent poodle after seeing "All dogs go to heaven".Anon
- I used to have to say the Lord's prayer everyday, but I would wonder where my daily bread was.— caledonia
I used to believe that the Lord's Prayer instructed us to lead a snot into temptation. — Susan- I used to htink that the Lord's prayer went "and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us some email..."— Dyth