I used to think that if I didn't say "amen" at the end of a prayer, God wouldn't receive the prayer (I thought it was like clicking "send" on an email). I cried all the time because I thought God didn't think I loved him because I would always fall asleep before finishing my prayers.
A childhood belief about prayers
others believed things like this
- I used to htink that the Lord's prayer went "and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us some email..."— Dyth
- I used to believe that in the Christian Prayer of the Faithful, we were responding, "Lord, harrow prayer."— Smelleanor
- when i was a kid, i used to think that if i didn't fall asleep, morning wouldn't comeAnon
- When Madonna sang "let the choir sing" in "Like a Prayer", I thought she was singing "love by proxy"— Kristen
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep lying on my front that my boobs wouldn't grow. And they didn't.— Booey
- I used to have to say the Lord's prayer everyday, but I would wonder where my daily bread was.— caledonia