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Re:Ed Abdill's Post

Mar 04, 1998 02:55 PM
by Bart Lidofsky


Lmhem111 wrote:

> In a message dated 98-03-04 17:02:14 EST, jhe writes:
>
> << So why does an organization that promotes  openness and freedom of inquiry
> need to have its employees march in lock step  and utter nothing lest it be
> cleared from the top?  What is the hidden agenda?   >>
>
> I think the penchant for secrecy stems from the ES mindset, where the
> proceedings and teachings are indeed kept secret.

    No, they aren't. I have been told about ES proceedings and teachings many
times, quite openly. Remember, Ed did not say that he had to stay in lock step;
someone else, who is not part of the Wheaton administration or National Speaker,
did.

> Some of the Wheaton higher-
> ups may also belong to Co-Masonry who are even more paranoid about their
> "secrets".

    The only secrets in Masonry are the mutual signs of recognition.

    Bart Lidofsky


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