When they used to do the whole collection thing at church I didn't understand that the money went towards the church, I thought the people taking up the collection were tricking everyone into putting the money in the basket and then they'd keep it so they'd be rich.
A childhood belief about church

others believed things like this
- I thought you were supposed to take money out of the collection at church.— Wangchuk
- I used to believe that banks were owned by rich people who gave away their money.— Lyssa
- I used to believe there was a money tree in every rich person’s backyard — Kb
- I thought it was against the law to carry around a lot of money unless you were putting it in the bank.Anon
- i used to believe it was okay to have a booger collection. my mom did not agree— Michelle
- I used to think that church songs were pop music. Well, we did sing them in church every week...— Roxy