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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 1951158" data-attributes="member: 4235">I can&#039;t figure out the purpose for the secrecy either.&nbsp; The best theories I could come up with are:&nbsp; the secrecy makes them more appealing to some, and so attracts interest; it is just an institutionalized thing that they have always done and keep doing, and kind of think it&#039;s fun and cool; or there really is something weird and offbeat about them that would prevent lots of people from joining if they knew up front.&nbsp; It would seem that it is very similar to Scientology, in that you have to join and &quot;level up&quot; before you can get some of the knowledge.I had an uncle that was a Mason, and they did a ritual at his funeral.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t think it was anything too weird like someone said previously.&nbsp; They just went up there in ceremonial aprons, said some words, and laid something on the coffin, IIRC.&nbsp; I am sure it had a lot of meaning to those involved, and I&#039;m sure it&#039;s something he would have wanted, as it was a big part of his life apparently.&nbsp; In Appleseed we give our instructors a ceremony at their funerals when they die too, if their families are cool with it... our old State Coordinator passed a couple years ago, and we sent him off just like he would have wanted, with .30 cal battle rifles booming!&nbsp; <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="henschman, post: 1951158, member: 4235"] I can't figure out the purpose for the secrecy either. The best theories I could come up with are: the secrecy makes them more appealing to some, and so attracts interest; it is just an institutionalized thing that they have always done and keep doing, and kind of think it's fun and cool; or there really is something weird and offbeat about them that would prevent lots of people from joining if they knew up front. It would seem that it is very similar to Scientology, in that you have to join and "level up" before you can get some of the knowledge. I had an uncle that was a Mason, and they did a ritual at his funeral. I didn't think it was anything too weird like someone said previously. They just went up there in ceremonial aprons, said some words, and laid something on the coffin, IIRC. I am sure it had a lot of meaning to those involved, and I'm sure it's something he would have wanted, as it was a big part of his life apparently. In Appleseed we give our instructors a ceremony at their funerals when they die too, if their families are cool with it... our old State Coordinator passed a couple years ago, and we sent him off just like he would have wanted, with .30 cal battle rifles booming! ;) [/QUOTE]

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