I used to believe that whenever i prayed on wanted something from God, i had to balance it out with something i was grateful for. I also used to obsess that i had to include every family relatives name in my prayers or they wouldn't go to heaven. Ah, Catholicism.
A childhood belief about prayers

others believed things like this
- I used to think you could drive to heaven to visit your friends and relatives who had died before....— wombat
- I used to believe that when I said my prayers, "God Bless..." meant please keep burglars awayAnon
- When I was younger, I wanted to marry Willie Nelson so I wouldn't have to change my name.— stacy
- When I was five or six I thought that if I prayed to fly I would fly one day. — Zimel
- i used to believe santa clause was god, and i prayed to him— chelsea bann
- I used to believe that if you opened your eyes when you prayed, you would see God and then die.— Charlie