To keep me from being afraid of thunder, when I was little my Mom would tell me that it was the sound of God moving furniture around in Heaven.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that it would thunder when G-D was moving furniture in the sky.Anon
- I remember being told that thunder was just God moving his/her furniture around.— kipperfeet
- I used to believe thunder was the sound of God rearranging his furniture.Anon
- I used to believe that when it thundered it was God moving the furniture around up in heaven!— Clare N.I.
- My mum used to tell me that thunder was god re-arranging the furniture.— Dale
- I used to believe when it thundered that god was moving his furniture around.— Debra Mcewan