Next meeting:
Hey Bro,
I saw you got an iPad in the meeting. Although we do appreciate the branch publishing the literature in this format, it's not intended for use in the Kingdom Hall. You see, people may be stumbled by you using an electronic device since it could access the Internet and the Internet is from Satan. It might also cause some to work harder in this old system of things to obtain an iPad and thus they would miss meetings which is also from Satan. So, please put it away and don't bring it back to the Kingdom Hall, mkay.
Meeting week 2:
We got a letter from the branch to read:
Dear brothers. We have begun publishing the literature online in the e-pub format. In order to allocate the printed literature in the field, we recommend that you obtain an e-reader such as the iPad for your personal use of the literature such as your study edition. The e-pub format has many features such as notations and underlining which could help us greatly in our Watchtower studies. This way the precious resources that our literature is can be better used so there can be an equalizing among us (insert scripture here). If you have no money to obtain an e-reader we recommend that you get a job since we should all provide for our family's spiritual needs (insert scripture here). We thank Jehovah for this insight and we are sure this will be a great success since he has promised us that whatever we do, with his help, we will succeed (insert scripture here). Even though there is a cost attached to each individual download, the cost are slightly lower than printing and shipping the literature. We appreciate your full cooperation with this arrangement.
Meeting week 3:
Umm, sister,
We noticed you got a Sony e-reader. Well, you may have heard the letter last week that the branch recommends using an iPad so we should follow the guidance of the Faithful and Discreet Slave.
- But this one was cheaper and I'm a pioneer so I got to save my money. It was only a recommendation.
Well sister, you know that when the branch recommends things they usually do so for a reason so we follow what the organization recommends, you never know they might have a reason for it. If you can't afford one, you should maybe get a job or work longer hours so you can provide spiritually for your family.
- OK
Meeting week 10:
We got a letter from the branch to read:
Dear brothers. Some of us have been using e-readers recently to obtain and read their literature for their personal use. Although we do appreciate this new arrangement we should be careful to who we share this arrangement with. Some people have the notion that there are no costs attached to the producing of and publishing literature online. We do well to remind ourselves that there is a cost attached to each individual download so we should think about how many literature we have been placing and how much of this moved to downloads. You should consider donating even if the people you place the literature with already have given a donation. You should also continue donating for the printed literature you place.
Meeting week 20:
We got a letter from the branch to read:
Dear brothers. Some of us have been using e-readers recently to obtain and read their literature for their personal use. However even though we publish this information online we never authorized such use of it in Kingdom Halls, some elder bodies have allowed such use and then reported youngsters surfing the Internet during meetings. Therefore we recommend using this arrangement only for personal use and not for use in the Kingdom Hall. We do well to remind us that the Internet is from Satan and thus we should be aware of any device that connects us to this spirit of the world during our meetings. You should continue donating however for the printed literature as well as the online literature you use as there is a cost attached to each individual download.
