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I used to think being a god or goddess was a job that people have to apply for, like the belief that the vicar in church is God.

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I used to believe that every time I went to church, I got "points" to go to heaven.

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I had never seen a dove in real life before so I figured they were just mythical beings from the bible

I used to go to Roman Catholic church services on Sunday mornings with my grandmother. During the echarist (I think?) the priest does his "Take this body..." schpeel and the congregation replies "Thanks Be To God". But my little sound holes heard it wrong, and to this day every time I hear the phrase "Thanks Be To God" I think of what I USED to think they were saying: "Thanks Peter God".

I 100% thought God's name was Peter.

During church people would sing "Hosanna in the highest", I thought that Hosanna was Jesus's actual name. It turns out it's just Hebrew for "Help us" or "Save us".

I used to belive as a child that churches were castles of pricesses and that there were castles in different cities,then I understood that they are churches of different cities.

— Lizeth Tunalareligion : church

When I was a child, I used to believe that God was one of the clouds in the sky, always looking up at the sky and trying to shape the clouds.

— Alex Paul Changoreligion : afterlife

When I was a kid I used to think that God is mad at me for not believing in him and when I remember him, I wonder if God can hear my thoughts

— Alex Paul Changoreligion : afterlife

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

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