Caramelattsu
I'm not sure (because, as you said, you don't have the scriptutes) but I imagine those scriptures referring to staying away from selective/secretive organizations referred to 'pagan' sects back in the old, old days (i.e. Moses).
Right after Christ died (and then rose again, and then ascended to Heaven) Christians often had to be secretive! Not that they weren't evangelizing, but they had to keep their meetings pretty quiet and such to protect their lives. Many of the Christian "symbols" you see today (like that little fish) come from this time, when Christians used them to identify each other!
I have heard people say that GLOs are anti-biblical because you take 'oaths'. I did make a couple of pledges (not oaths), and if you heard them I can almost gurantee that you would agree they're not anything but "Christ-like".
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