religion

I used to believe…

when I was a child I used to think that Bible was a sacred Book

I used to believe…

Minty wasn't the god of maths

I used to believe…

When I was younger, i used to believe I had a devil and angel on my shoulders

I used to think Christians were people who liked to eat crisps.

I thought that if you prayed really hard you would become pregnant. I later thought that kissing got you pregnant.

I used to believe that Muslim women had to be covered up 24/7 and couldn’t even wear t-shirts because that would be considered “immodest”. I mean, how could they go swimming (I know know that they make special swimsuits for that, but I obviously didn’t when I was growing up), or take baths/showers?

I used to believe that the concept of dinosaurs was just another theory told by evolutionists. I didn't believe that dinosaurs actually existed. It’s amazing now to think about how God made those creatures, and hilarious to think that I was opposed to the idea!

I used to believe…

For some reason I used to think Moses was another name for Bugs Bunny. I think it had something to do with seeing a picture of a donkey called Moses, because the ears looked kind of like Bugs Bunny ears. There was also no-one religious in my family to tell me otherwise.

I used to believe…

When I was six or seven, I thought that characters from Greek mythology really existed! This was because I saw a cloud shaped like Cupid and thought it was him in disguise. Also, I imagined Atlanta in a tracksuit and glasses and Aphrodite in a modern ball dress for some reason. I also thought Psyche was a little kid for some reason.

I used to believe…

When I was little I thought the organ at church sounded so scary. I thought they were trying to summon monsters like Frankenstein so I would cry and that's why I stayed in another room as they played the organ

I used to believe…

My jew friend told me god was real , and i believed it

I used to think everything was made by god.

I used to believe…

As long as I can think back, I have always imagined souls as transparently green, slightly fluorescent tennis bats on the inside of our bodies. I also imagined god as an old man made from the same material, who could suddenly appear everywhere.

I used to believe…

When I was 10 and watched Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in theaters with Dad and my brother Shaan, when Snape said "No! He belongs to the Dark Lord!" I thought he was talking to Harry and I thought he meant that Dumbledore belongs to the Devil and is in hell.

I used to believe…

After drinking the wine, our priest would kneel below the altar as usual. When I was five, I thought that the priest was "disappearing" under the table to spit the wine out because it tastes fuckin' horrible.
I also thought that the wine which is constantly spat everyday would help to deteriorate the church, and that this was the true meaning of christianity.

I used to think that when you pray to god, he really would answer and you would hear it like a magical voice in your head. But every time I prayed, God never said anything back. I got upset. I thought he wasn't listening to me or I was a bad kid and that's why he wouldn't talk to me and everyone in the church would tell stories about how God changed their life and how prayer was so good for them and that just made it worse because I felt like the only one he wouldn't talk to. And since my mom told me that God knows everything, the only reason I thought God wasn't talking to me is because he already knew my future and I was going to be a bad person so he already didn't care for me and I was just destined for hell. Pretty dark huh? When I think back, i think maybe religion is just too extreme for children to really understand but then I'm an atheist so I still don't really get the point