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Are you claiming in your wisdom to know for a fact that this life is all there is? Jesus referred to punishment after this life many times. JW's do run the show through intimadation. When, we don't forgive them....they still hold a certain paralyzing power over us.
"Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive others" has great spiritual power. Their intimadation prevents this..... it puts us on the defense instead of the offense. It is a priestly duty to pray for our families, and has great power. I do not want my worst enemy to experience Hell, certainly not my unbelieveing, shunning, parents who gave me life.