After learning in Sunday school that God can hear your prayers even if you don't say them out loud, I became extremely worried that the devil might also be able to read my thoughts. I asked my mom about it and she assured me that no, the devil cannot read your mind, only God can. After that I refused to pray out loud because I was convinced the devil would hear what I wanted and then make sure it didn't happen. I also made it a point to thank God for things out loud, just to rub it in the devil's face.
A childhood belief about prayers
others believed things like this
- I had tinnitus as a child and used to believe that it was the sound that the devil made when he was closeby— Helen
- My mum told me that if you eat while you're on the toilet, you're feeding the devil! — Claire
- i thought when you flushed, it went down to hell and that's what the devil fed the people in he..— Barb.
- I used to believe that when it thundered, it meant the devil was beating his wife.— Carol
- I believed if I prayed for the Devil, he would start being good for God. — Jackie
- dragonfliesw ere called, Devil's darning needles.— davarm