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I thought Mary's real name was Virgin Mary, so I would always correct people if they just called her Mary. I never understood the Virgin partuntil later; nobody would explain it to me.

Kaitlin

When I was young, I got a shovel and started to dig a hole. I wanted to dig a hole deep enough that I could stand in and hide without anyone seeing me. After I dug the hole, I got in it.
As I was standing in the hole I became scared because I thought I had dug deep enough for the devil to grab my leg and drag me into hell.

Rachel

I used to believe that people who read the Bible to me considered the stories to be fairy tales.

Anon

When I was 4 I told my mom I didn't want to be a Christian because when my Sunday school teacher said Jesus would be in your heart, I thought he would literally be inside of me, so I would be all lumpy. I didn't want to be lumpy. Today I am a Christian.

Julia

I used to believe that rain meant God was crying, and thunder was when God was bowling.

Marco

When I was little, I used to believe that Jesus Christ had to be a dead ringer for Humphrey Bogart. We had a small black and white t.v. that only got two channels, and I would often watch old movies on it. Humphrey Bogart seemed like the opitomy of grace and class and I thought that this Christ guy I kept hearing about had to look and act like him if he was anyone worth my time. Then I saw a picture of Christ's face on a pamphlet at the dentist's office and was very confused to find out that with his long hair, he looked a lot like many of my parent's friends.

Jasmine

I used to be so confused about whether Adam and Eve came before or after dinosaurs!

Anon

When I was about 3 or so, I was sitting in a waiting room with my sister while my mother was seeing the doctor. Two nuns walked in, and the taller one said she was a sister, while the shorter one said she was the mother superior. I promptly informed them that it should be the other way around--the mother should be taller than the sister!

marie

my mum once told me that god was with you even on the toilet. i believed this (my brother too) for a couple of years wen a mums friend corrected me. wat my mum meant to say is that god is everywhere.

Jenny M

I grew up with a Catholic grandma, who rarely attends mass, but has pictures and statues of Jesus and saints around the house. I always used to think that Jesus was scary,because in all of his pictures around the house he wouldn't be smiling and everytime I would pass this one picture of him, a motorcycle would drive by, and I would think it was him growling at me because I thought he was scary. I would also, although I was young and had never witnessed a Passion play or anymovie pertaining to Jesus or even see a crucifix, I would dream about things such as ancient Rome, Jerusalem,the crucifixtion, the days before the Resurrection, and a woman crying. I swear to this day, the Lord came to me and said "Do not be afraid of me, I love you" It wasn't until I was over my aunts house one day, I saw a plate with Jesus talking to children smiling that I wasn't scared anymore and started to understand.

Michelle

I always felt connected to Peter because I had a habit of inserting my foot into my mouth too, so when I was about 5 years old, I thought that if I practiced enough times in rain puddles, that I would be able to walk on water too.

Julie

I used to believe that god saw all my thoughts... terrible!

Patricia Recski

I used to think that God looked liked the bubbleman off of the pink bubblebath bottle(Mr. Bubbleman)LOL

Anon

i used to think that God was a fairy

farrah haukim

I thought Jesus was made up to make kids behave.

Anon

When I was young, my Sunday School teachers asked my class if Jesus had ever spoken to us. When we said no, they told us that he would someday. For a while, I believed that one day, Jesus would show up at my bedroom door to have a conversation with me!

Anon

when I was little I was told that God sees evreything you do and hears everthing you say so you better be a good girl.And I can remember one night when my mother was giving me a bath and I asked if God can see me naked and she said no I am sure he turns his head. well she had a hard time getting me to believe that so I would get her to put the shower curtain around us while she bathed me and I would make her give me a towel before I would get out form behind the curtain.I was never worried about being seen misbehaving.

Brittney P

I used to imagine that god was the tin man from wizard of oz and whenever i heard loud speakers coming from a car outside i thought it was the devil, so i'd go hide

Tony Case

When I was about 5 years old I used to believe that the voice of the woman that sings hymns in church was the voice of Virgin Mary(maybe because the singing group wasn't that visible and I was tiny)

Lisa

i used to believe god had an answering machine. that's how he heard everyone's prayer.

tania