okay, i have a talk tonight, and it was like...SUCH a tough talk to write...the Theme: "Apostolic Successors" Not True Christians. And they put me with a 13 year old girl!!! haha
my hubby came up with the idea that she is going to Italy and is all excited to see the Vatican and maybe the Pope and how "the pope is the successor of St. Peter"...so then I just go into it and explain it..
But it is like...so far fetched...to be having this convo with a 13 yr old. and all the info in the WT library is really complicated. ah well, we'll see how it goes.
the reasoning book info on this was really interesting, but i could see how it would be hard to explain
it went really well, i had my householder flip through a tour book of Italy to open the discussion, haha...i had about 4 people come up to me and say, I'm happy I didn't have that talk. haha
The sister that had this at our hall did it with a little kid too; her daughter. The school overseer (who's the dad) told me they were about to kill each other while they were practicing. Mom and daughter are both loud, obnoxious and ego-centric. It's my theory that they butt heads because they're so similar.
Your idea for a setting was much more interesting than hers: She just had her daughter ask, "Mommy, why does Grandma follow the Pope?" and then they just read straight from the reasoning book. I usually prefer settings that are more applicable to service.