Come Be My Follower - my wife is making the son read this with her

insearchoftruth

My wife has gotten another renewed zeal for the WTS, well due to his own misbehaving (and I am sure conversations with the dubs on how to get him better) she has decided to make him read Come Be My Follower.

Am pretty sure I have a pdf of this....

My stepson is pretty good at thinking for himself and I have already shown him stuff on 1975 and other questionable teachings, last night when she finished reading chapter one with him, he stepped out of the room, looked at me and said "that was hell".

Anyone here have any thoughts on this book, I think she is going to read it with him (and he is almost 16) so I would like to provide him a leading question or two, maybe this can cause her to think as well.

Thanks,

ISOT

LouBelle

well why don't you offer to read it with your stepson and you guys can make it a research project of sorts.

I have no idea what that book is about as I haven't touched a piece of literature for 4 years straight

insearchoftruth

Good idea Loubelle, but she would see right through that!!!!

LouBelle

and so what....you have an interest in your stepsons well being. Speak to him first, see if he agrees and then you can say your stepson doesn't mind.

keyser soze

There's always therapy later on.

Tuesday

Is this about Jesus? To be honest the best thing you can arm him with is knowledge. Go to the library and research all the information that shows Jesus didn't exist. That way if your wife needs to prove he existed, she couldn't use the bible to do so, she'd have to do that with external sources.

out4good3

Don't worry....He won't need any therapy.

At age 16, going through all that those years entail, my wife also tried that crap with our son thinking that if she shoved WT material down his throat by making him read books an answer questions to her satisfaction that he'd do better. It was making them both miserable.

All it did was drive him further away. It was only my stepping in and putting a stop to it and forcing her to recognize that he wasn't interested in being a witnessand that that wasn't necessarily a bad thing that they have a relationship at all right now.

While the dynamics of your situation differ in that he's a "stepson", I'd probably suggest that you ensure that you're available as a sounding board for his frustrations as there will be many to come.

knows better

the real simple solution is this.. just say no. at 16 your step son can say "mom, i really don't want to do this"

knows better

insearchoftruth

At age 16, going through all that those years entail, my wife also tried that crap with our son thinking that if she shoved WT material down his throat by making him read books an answer questions to her satisfaction that he'd do better. It was making them both miserable.

I am pretty sure that this is what is going to happen with what is going on, he is already complaining.

While the dynamics of your situation differ in that he's a "stepson", I'd probably suggest that you ensure that you're available as a sounding board for his frustrations as there will be many to come.

I am trying to be the sounding board......he really does not know what he believes, but he has no interest or respect towards the WTS and really just views them as a 'strange organization'. His memories of past WTS stuff is boredom at meetings when his mom made him go, attending assemblies with his uncle (who is his age) and running around and trying to avoid any of the event. When he sees them go door to door he thinks it makes no sense, and my concern is she will use this, thinking it is going to help, and drive a wedge between the two of them....

Come Be My Follower - my wife is making the son read this with her

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