I used to believe that transubstantiation was just symbolic or a metaphor - it never occured to me that Catholics are supposed to believe it's real
A childhood belief about church

others believed things like this
- When I was little I believed Catholics said, Hell Mary's over a Rosary.— Mares
- I used to believe that monks and nuns married each other and made more Catholics.— Jayme
- When I was a teenager, I used to believe that someone's name-day occured as half-birthday.— Marcas
- I used to believe that sonic booms were huge explosions that only occured at the very tops of mountains.— Jessica Tinch
- It never occured to me as a child that teachers lived in houses. I thought they lived at school...— Heidi, Pittsburgh, PA
- I used to think when somebody sneezed you were supposed to say 'Gableshew'.— gablesh