I used to see a lot of ads for religious counseling lines on one of the TV channels I watched as a kid. I somehow misunderstood these as offering a hotline directly to God. Not being particularly religious, I assumed these were some kind of scam in which there would be someone on the other line who would pretend to be God. I thought it very silly that people were taken in by what I thought was a very transparent hoax.
A childhood belief about adverts
others believed things like this
- I thought a Prime Minister was some kind of religious leader, due to the "Minister" part— Darth Carrietta
- I used to believe that all Christians were English and all other religious people were foreign.Anon
- I used to think that when it rained, god was crying.
I'm not religious but i believed it.— Sally - I used to think it was against international law, religious principles, etc. To be born on Christmas Day. :PAnon
- In a religious song, instead of “Jesus Christ” I heard “Cheese is Prize”— EJ
- When i was a kid, i thought that the tv changed channels by dark magic.— Anna