What is one thing you always thought was right, but was later proven wrong?

Question

Can be something big or small.

Can also be something you had great feelings about, and your feelings were changed.

Answer 1

SMALL: I always knew the earth was a sphere but I thought that we lived inside the sphere, on the bottom. But when I thought about it, it got really confusing. Did rockets have to break through the top of the earth to reach the moon? Did that mean there were holes in the earth? And how could they say that Florida was below us--I'd been to Florida and it wasn't underground. One day I looked at the globe and had an epiphany.

BIG: I always thought of homosexuality as a rare perversion. There was really no other conclusion to come based how it was portrayed in my childhood. How was I supposed to know any better? Kids don't understand adult sexuality...they just learn what's "normal" by what they see and hear.

But then when I found myself with a huge lesbo crush on my friend in 8th grade, my idea had to do a complete 360 because I knew that I wasn't a perv and that my feelings were anything but wrong or disgusting.

Answer 2

1) That all country music is horrible. Bluegrass is awesome!
2) That gay movies were good. By in large, they're horrible.
3)That I was too old to enjoy cartoons. They're all I watch these days.
4)That I would never start searching for faith again. Work in progress
5)Winona Ryder can act. Ha.
6) That Korn was the best band...ever. I was 17, shut up.
7) That I'd never smoke. I used to be so against it, it's not even funny.
8) I'd never hear my father say "I love you". I took awhile, but it happened.
9) That people who went into therapy were just weak. No explanation further required, I'd venture.
10) That I wouldn't find someone who could love me despite my eccentricities. She actually revels in them.
11) That I wouldn't make friends on Y!A. : ) *waves at Cas* But seriously, I wasn't making any headway on that for what felt like a long time.
12) That the g-spot isn't real. You bet your *** it is.

Answer 3

I used to believe that when a person said they believed in God they were acknowledging that they were saved, but I was wrong because they only mean they believe there is a God or higher power as some put it. Many years ago I began to ask people what did they mean when they said they believed in God and the answers were about everything except salvation. This has been a most valuable lesson to me and it taught me not to assume that I know what a person is saying because I could be very wrong. It is always better to ask to be sure.

Answer 4

I used to think we were still under the old Covenant and had to follow many of the same practices like observing the holy days of Leviticus 23 and abstaining from unclean meats.

I also thought holidays like Christmas and Easter were pagan and shouldn't be celebrated.

I used to think that miracles were rare.

I used to think that the Pentecostal gifts like the gift of tongues were confined to New Testament times. Then my sister was given it and I met many people with such gifts.

I used to think that the evidence from science favored evolution. Then I got to college and the more they pushed evolution, the more I found failings in it. I have also since come across many evidences for creation, some from Christian sources, some from secular or even pro-evolution sources.

I used to think God forbid cousin marrige. Then my friend who is Egyptian proved me wrong.

Answer 5

When I was younger, I thought that Sponge Bob was a piece of cheese. It never made sense to me why he lived under the sea, until about a year later when we started studying sponges in school. Also when I was three, I thought that the human heart looked like a Valentine heart. I found out it wasn't true when I fist looked at a kid's biology book when I was like 5. I know I'm slow. So Peace:-)

Answer 6

Christianity

Answer 7

When I was 5 I read a book that mentioned that the Apollo astronauts sang "happy birthday to you" on the first flight to the moon or something to that effect.

I misremembered it, and thought they'd written the song.

Then at age 12 I re-read the book, and realized I'd been wrong all those years.

Answer 8

Christianity. I was so certain of my beliefs, I very nearly -- as in,had the money in hand and was making an appointment -- got a religious tattoo.

I can't say it was necessarily "proven" wrong, but I eventually reached a point where I couldn't believe it anymore. If someone told me 5 years ago that I'd be an atheist today, I would have laughed my butt off.

Answer 9

That christianity is the faith of Jesus. It is now known that this "faith" is NOT the christianity spread by the Apostles, but the one spread through violence and murder by the Roman Empire and it's church. Catholic, "church."
Rome went after and killed MILLIONS of the true disciples of Jesus including 10 of the 11 Apostles left after the crucifixtion. In the 3rd century alone, Roman Emperors killed millions to "extinction" in it's own known regions. Not many know these historical FACTS, "because" who wants to spread a message that "christianity" is linked to nothing more than imperialist LIES.

Answer 10

I thought that the states were on top of eachother (like a building with lots of stories) because my parents always said that Colorado had a higher elevation than Arizona and thats why it was colder lol