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I used to believe…
When I was young, I used to go to Sunday School, and read the bible evey night before I went to bed. One night, I came across a passage that said God forgives all sin, except one - cursing the name of The Holy Spirit. This scared the absolute shit out of me. I stayed awake at night tring not to curse the name of The Holy Spirit. I was greatly disturbed, I started questioning my religious beliefs and I couldn't sleep. If Jesus forgave all sins, how come there was a New Testament passage saying "all except one?". I was terrified of accidently cursing the Holy Spirit. For a month I would talk myself to sleep saying "I curse you Satan, I love you Holy Spirit". A few times I got mixed up, and accidently said "I curse you Holt Spirit". Even though it was by accident,I knew I was bound to Hell - The Bible told me so. There was no way out.
After a month of nightmares, poor sleep and spiritual damnation, I decided the Bible was fallable, and Christianity was made up by people you used scare tatics to enforce their beliefs. I no longer believe.
FYI Luke 12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
I used to believe…
When I was little I believed that if you
did something naughty "God" would punish
me as he was always watching. So I lived like "he" was always behind me and
knew even my thoughts. This was from my
mother and it took a long time for me to realize this is not true.
I used to believe…
My mother, the good Catholic, thought that Jesus, being a string bean (supreme being) was really skinny.
I used to believe…
My mom used to think that there was a heavy-set man up in Heaven called Round John Virgin - from the Christman Carol "...round yon virgin, mother and child. Holy infant so tender and mild...."
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When I was young (well, up until I was 22 in fact) I always thought that in the popular hymn, the line was "I am the lord of the dancing bee" and not "I am the lord of the dance said he". Bang went my vision of a giant yellow and black striped being with a halo and beard.
I used to believe…
Another Catholic Mass one;
I thought when the priest said �Thanks be to God� he was saying �Thanks Peter God� and that God had another name for thse who knew him well.
I used to think that the devil lived in the sewers. Whenever there was steam coming out of the sewers, I thought that meant he was cooking up an evil plan.
I used to believe…
As a child in Sunday School, I read in the Bible that Jesus healed people with divers diseases. What the heck kind of disease could a scuba diver get? It makes a big difference when you add the letter e to divers.
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I used to believe…
when I was about six I remember asking an Adult what Mary did before she was a statue....
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I used to believe…
When I was little I believed Catholics said, Hell Mary's over a Rosary.
I used to believe that Goria en Exelcis Deo (the carol) was actually Gloria in A Shell Station. I was always fairly confused as to why, during Christmas Mass, we sang about my Aunt Gloria getting gas. I would sing the lyrics quite loudly in church.
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I used to believe that the Lord's Prayer instructed us to lead a snot into temptation.
I used to believe…
Lords Prayer: "and Thenscehe shall come to judge the living and the dead." I always wondered who the new guy Thenscehe (thence he) was and why no one ever talked about him b/c he seemed like a pretty major guy.
I also used to think God had a pet tortoise. Why? Well, one of the hyms we sang went "Great things he hath tortoise". What would you have thought?
I used to think that God looked like/ was Mr. Peanut. He was a giant peanut with a top hat, monacle and cane.
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I used to believe that the Bible was written by Moses, with God whispering everything in his ear, in English.
I used to believe…
There is a chorus that talks about the "Cross I bear" a kid I knew used to get excited and asked his aunt if they could sing the song about the "cross-eyed bear"
I used to believe…
When I was a kid I was afraid to say the prayer, "Now I lay me down to sleep," because I thought that saying the part, "If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take" would make god think it was ok if I died in my sleep.
I used to think the line in "Silent Night, Holy Night" that goes "...holy infant, so tender and mild" actually went "...holy imbecile, tender and mild." Now, I was a smart girl, and I knew what imbecile meant, but I thought maybe it had some esoteric meaning I wasn't aware of.
I used to believe…
My husband and I realized one day that our 3 year old was praying, "God is great. God is good. Let us spank him for our food . . . "
