This may sound absurd but I thought the numbers next to the Bible versus said what time the person said it at!
A childhood belief about prayers

others believed things like this
- I thought that Samson and Solomon from the Bible were the same person for the longest time...— Laura G.
- I used to believe that numbers had gender, that the odd numbers were boys and even numbers were girls. — Evelyn
- When I was a kid, I believed that bible school was "beauty school", and called it that all the time.— Dana
- I thought that Job in the Bible was pronounced "Jawb" and that it had something to do with Steve Jobs.Anon
- I used to be terrified of the numbers 18 and 19. I think I thought that when you turned 18 or 19, you die.— Emmy
- The first time I saw a black person (I was about 3), I thought he was made of chocolate.— Ronne