If the bible were actually the inspired word of jaybooger and the stories in it true, than no, why would ANYTHING need to be secret?
BTW: there is a HUGE difference between being private and being secretive. Being private, or respecting privacy, is a out of concern for another's feelings, needs or rights; being secretive is self serving and done out of one's own selfish feelings, wants and entitlements.
So when an elderberry tries to tell you that something is "private" they're lying, they are actually being secretive (as they're told to be) to cover their, and the $ocieties, ass.
Besides the less you know the more powerful they become.