Jehova's Twisted Picture Show

When I was growing up,Jehova's Witnesses came to our house fairly frequently to pass out pamphlets and to gleefully inform my family that we were going to Hell. Much of the literature they gave out was very kid-friendly. It was usually easy to read ,brightly colored, and with interesting pictures. Jehova's Witness's literature,in retrospect, sort of seems like the Joe Camel of the religious world.
Once, when I was in second grade, they left a comic book that was a real page- turner. It featured a respectable looking man in a suit. Presumably,he was a successful businessman based on his attire and the car he drove. We'll call him Joe.
Well, Joe was ill-fated indeed. You see, Judgement Day was drawing near and Joe had been a bad boy, as all were soon to see. What happened was this: Jehova came down from the clouds and was most enraged. He was also ahead of the times technologically, as he had this HUGE, HD movie screen floating in thin air. The feature presentation was Joe's life. Joe soliciting a prostitute. Joe having a temper tantrum. That sort of thing.
Now,as if that weren't disturbing enough,the dead had risen and were part of the viewing audience. That's right. Watching poor Joe's misdeeds were not only hoards of guilty,sobbing, FRESH sinners,but also dead, rotting, putrid corpses! The most deliciously horrifying part of all was everyone knew that they too would soon enough have their turn on the big screen to be judged in front of Jehova and everyone else.
This little scenario penetrated my seven year- old brain and has lasted a lifetime. It affected my behavior as a child. Before committing some childhoood crime, I would stop and imagine myself shown on the big screen misbehaving. Even now, obviously,I still think about it. I imagine every terrible thing I've done shown to the world in Technicolor.
I think this, coupled with my alcoholic father's totally bizarre religious school of thought ( "Your body is a holy temple; never cut you fingernails on the Sabbath!!!") has made me the Kirk Cameron fearing person I am today. The people who have turned religion into a dark art are fascinatingly spooky!