religion

I used to believe that souls, for no explicable reason, looked like floating, shiny rib cages. When I was taught about heaven, I pictured all these golden rib cages (as souls) floating around, about 3 feet from the floor.

I wasn't raised in a relgious household, so I only had vauge conceptions of heaven and hell. I thought that Heaven and Hell were right next to each other in the clouds.

I used to believe that Jerusalem, Egypt Babylon and all other great cities of the bible are in heaven and all the stories of the bible took place in heaven

I used to think that the "Father, Son and holy spirit" was the "Father, Son and holy speaker" so when ever i saw black stereo speaker i thought it was the holy spirit.

I thought that any paper on the ground would catch fire because it was so close to hell.

I used to believe…

When I was around 6 years old I had first heard about a limbo (a hell). Well, I thought it was a place where you would play "LIMBO" all day and all night! I thought "oh...the back pain!". So I thought that when a parent's back hurt they were getting ready for limbo. I was horrified when my dad's back started hurting!

I used to believe…

When I was young my parents always told me that when you died you had beautiful white wings and could fly. They were horrified when I told them that I wanted to die!!
...Don't worry, I'm still here.

I used to beileve that satan lived inside the earth,so I banged the ground a lot on sundays

I used to believe that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles lived under the altar in our school chapel.

I used to believe…

God looked like J.R.R. Tolkien on the back of my father's Lord of the Rings books. He even appeared to me in a dream as a moving chalk portrait, so I knew it must be true!

I used to believe that when you went to Heaven, there was a little machine with pictures of animals on it, with buttons next to each animal. Then you would press the button of the animal you wanted to be. Then when you died as the animal, you would be in Heaven permanently. I told my dad this at age six and received, "That's reincarnation, we don't believe in that." I responded with,"... ok!" Then I pretty much forgot about it. :P

I met a male Protestant for the first time and I found it odd - I didn't think there were any male Protestants. As a child I had always thought that Protestants were the people who roam the sidewalks at night asking sex for money.

It was only after that I found out those were actually "prostitutes".

I used to believe…

Our family has never been religious, so as a child I was ignorant of religion. In fact, I used to believe that 'pedestrian' was a type of religion. I remember riding in the car with my mother, seeing a 'pedestrian crossing' and getting annoyed that only 'pedestrians' had a special crossing.

I used to believe…

Always before supper we would say the prayer: god is good, god is great, let us thank him for our food amen. Well whenever i said this prayer i would always say: goddess good, goddess great, lettuce thank em for our food amen. One day it just clicked that ive been saying it wrong all my life.

I used to believe…

When i was little our piano recitals were in a church. I saw the hymn books page numbers on the bulliten thingy... i thought that every time you went you got a number and the people with those numbers would get sacrificed on the cross, like jesus.

I used to believe…

When my sister was really little, she asked her teacher where God lived, and her teacher told her that God was in everything. So on the way home she opened the first thing she came across to catch a glimpse of God (it happened to be a dandelion stalk) and upon seeing the white stuff inside, thought that it was God.