Help Jehovah's witnesses reeling in my 7 year old

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I am a convert. My husband and I raise our children Catholic. However my oldest daughter I share custody with my ex. We have a very rocky relationship as he’s always trying to take me to court and take my daughter so him and his live in girlfriend can raise my daughter. He has tried everything. However 7 years later the judge agrees that I deserve residential custody and him only visitations due to his criminal history. Now please know, I’ve tried to talk and reason with him, for the sake of our daughter but honestly its like he just doesn’t care.Now his latest attempt is really bothering me, him and his live in girlfriend have decided that since my husband and I are practicing Catholics he’s going to try and attack me by confusing my daughter in the only religion she’s ever known. He’s started taking her to Jehovahs witness “Church” telling my daughter Jesus isn’t God, and that Gods name is Jehovah, I tried to explain to her that these things simply are not true, but even after everything her dad does she still thinks he’s superman. This is truly breaking my heart, and I need help to show my seven year old the TRUE path to God. And if you have any tips about helping her dad see the damage he’s causing that would help too. Talking to him is impossible.
 
Ask for a change in the visitation.

Request supervised visitation. That way it will be in a mutally agreed upon setting, and it won’t be a JW hall.
 
Heavens_Flowers said:
I am a convert. My husband and I raise our children Catholic. However my oldest daughter I share custody with my ex. We have a very rocky relationship as he’s always trying to take me to court and take my daughter so him and his live in girlfriend can raise my daughter. He has tried everything. However 7 years later the judge agrees that I deserve residential custody and him only visitations due to his criminal history. Now please know, I’ve tried to talk and reason with him, for the sake of our daughter but honestly its like he just doesn’t care.Now his latest attempt is really bothering me, him and his live in girlfriend have decided that since my husband and I are practicing Catholics he’s going to try and attack me by confusing my daughter in the only religion she’s ever known. He’s started taking her to Jehovahs witness “Church” telling my daughter Jesus isn’t God, and that Gods name is Jehovah, I tried to explain to her that these things simply are not true, but even after everything her dad does she still thinks he’s superman. This is truly breaking my heart, and I need help to show my seven year old the TRUE path to God. And if you have any tips about helping her dad see the damage he’s causing that would help too. Talking to him is impossible.
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Hmm… is that even legal since you’re the custodial parent? I believe YOU call the shots on that one. Maybe check with your lawyer about it. But yeah, as the PP said, get strict on the visitation. It sickens me when people use their children as weapons to get back that their ex’s - which sounds like his game plan. Don’t expect him to change.

E.-A.
 
Heavens_Flowers said:
I am a convert. My husband and I raise our children Catholic. However my oldest daughter I share custody with my ex. We have a very rocky relationship as he’s always trying to take me to court and take my daughter so him and his live in girlfriend can raise my daughter. He has tried everything. However 7 years later the judge agrees that I deserve residential custody and him only visitations due to his criminal history. Now please know, I’ve tried to talk and reason with him, for the sake of our daughter but honestly its like he just doesn’t care.Now his latest attempt is really bothering me, him and his live in girlfriend have decided that since my husband and I are practicing Catholics he’s going to try and attack me by confusing my daughter in the only religion she’s ever known. He’s started taking her to Jehovahs witness “Church” telling my daughter Jesus isn’t God, and that Gods name is Jehovah, I tried to explain to her that these things simply are not true, but even after everything her dad does she still thinks he’s superman. This is truly breaking my heart, and I need help to show my seven year old the TRUE path to God. And if you have any tips about helping her dad see the damage he’s causing that would help too. Talking to him is impossible.
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Sorry to hear about your ex and the tactics he is using. This site has some really great articles regarding the Jehovas Witnesses. They constantly flip flop in their doctrine, and they cannot give any history inside their church or outside for proof that they are realtaed to the apostles in their teaching. Most of these sects like the Jehovas Witnesses will say that the true church has been hidden yet kept alive by a faithful few. Sadly they have no history of how these faithful members have kept alive the gospel throughout history. Any Church that claims they were alive but hidden should be able to give you some evidence either secular or in house.

The greatest thing about the Catholic Church is that it has been the driving force for 1500 years before the reformers showed up. Before them all Christians ate, slept, and breathed Catholic Doctrine and why wouldn’t they? The Church is the pillar of truth. While the gospels and epistles were being written, and the canon compiled the christian went to the Church to hear Gods Word and we still do. The Catholic Bible is the fullness of the Scriptures and The very History of the Bible leads you back to the Catholic Church. While all Protestants tell you they use the approved Hebrew Canon of the OT. What they don’t tell you is that this canon was decided in 70 ad by a coucle of jews that removed books from the OT that the heretics (aka Christians) held as cripture because they were trying to surpress the Christian uprising. The same jews that did not believe Christ was the messiah, and that the NT are not inspiried scriptures are also the ones that compiled the canon the protestants use today. The Catholic Church has held intact the fullness of the Scriptures and it is only in Gods True house will you find them.

The last thing I will say is pray pray pray! Have masses said! Invoke the name of Jesus for he says he will give you everything you ask in His name! This is advice no one heeds and they should. Also understand that you can only present the truth! It is the Holy Spirit that will help you kids see the light in the darkness!

God bless you and your family. I will keep you in my prayers and mass intentions.
 
Read the passage Matthew 9:1-8 where Jesus forgives the sins of a paralytic. The Jews say he’s blaspheming and that only God can forgive sins. Jesus never rebukes them or corrects them or says anything to indicate that he is not in fact God!

Here are two tracts from Catholic Answers that might help you.
Stumpers for the JWs
More stumpers for the JWs

Also, the year 1914 is a very important date for them. They claim that in the book of Daniel 4:4 one can see that “the gentile times” (a phrase that they get from luke) will last 2,520 years. They believe that the “gentile times” began when Nebuchadnezzar put siege on Jerusalem (they claim it was in 607 BC) and ended when Christ returned invisibily (they claim it’s 1914 AD - 2,520 years after 607 BC). HOWEVER, their date of 607 BC is incorrect historically! That means that their bible prophecy chronology is ALL WRONG. This is critical because it’s from this that 1914 date (when Christ supposedly returned invisibly) that they derive their 1919 prophecy about being chosen by Jesus as the “true organization”. But Nebuchadnezzar didn’t put seige on Jerusalem until TWENTY years later than 607 BC…it was actually in 587/586 BC which is what non-witness historical sources say. This fact was HUGE in my leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Learn as much about this “bible chronology” as you can, I don’t know how much your 7 year old will understand it now, but you NEED to make him/her understand this to see that the JWs are a fraud. Here are some good key word searches for learning more about this, seeing as I can find one good link to post for you: “JW 1914 1919 Chronology” “JW 607 Nebuchadnezzar seige Jerusalem” “JW Daniel gentile times 2,520” GOOD LUCK!

It’s also good to get your hands on their older literature and point out where they contradict. They’ve gone back and forth a lot about whether or not the Sodom and Gomorrah people were going to be resurrected, for example. And they’ve also made a lot of false prohpecies about the world ending.

Most importantly though, if he/she isn’t too far gone yet, I would try to show him why Catholicism is true, more than why JWs are false because I think it’s a better defense.
 
Heavens_Flowers said:
I am a convert. My husband and I raise our children Catholic. However my oldest daughter I share custody with my ex. We have a very rocky relationship as he’s always trying to take me to court and take my daughter so him and his live in girlfriend can raise my daughter. He has tried everything. However 7 years later the judge agrees that I deserve residential custody and him only visitations due to his criminal history. Now please know, I’ve tried to talk and reason with him, for the sake of our daughter but honestly its like he just doesn’t care.Now his latest attempt is really bothering me, him and his live in girlfriend have decided that since my husband and I are practicing Catholics he’s going to try and attack me by confusing my daughter in the only religion she’s ever known. He’s started taking her to Jehovahs witness “Church” telling my daughter Jesus isn’t God, and that Gods name is Jehovah, I tried to explain to her that these things simply are not true, but even after everything her dad does she still thinks he’s superman. This is truly breaking my heart, and I need help to show my seven year old the TRUE path to God. And if you have any tips about helping her dad see the damage he’s causing that would help too. Talking to him is impossible.
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Because of the religion factor, this is likely to be a very delicate & intricate issue. Are the ex and the woman JWs themselves? Or is this strictly a game on his part? If the are JWs, it could end up as a mess. If, OTOH, they are not JWs, it will probably make for an easier time in court.

Anyway, not that it’s any of my business, but I agree with Erin Ann that you had best speak with your lawyer.
 
Thank you so much for your responses. I will talk with my lawyer about it. As for whether they are JW the answer is no, this is something new. I have already asked for supervised visits. I am still waiting on a response.
 
I find it interesting that he lives with his girlfriend and now is attending JW services. Any JW I know - a few from work (who do not talk about their religion unless asked), do not live with others aside from marriage and the young folks have said they are virgins on their wedding day. Interesting that he fits in. I would go for full custody and supervised visitation.
 
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