Dumbledore keeping secrets

[anujaasathe]

No: HPFGUIDX 136561

I just don't understand why Dumbledore doesn't want anyone to know 
about horcruxes and his search for them.I mean I don't want to tell 
the whole WW but I feel he definitely should have told members of the 
OOP.
This mission of DD's is the key to all things and yet he specifically 
tells Harry not to tell anyone,and Harry obeys. So not even Minerva 
knows.
What was the need to keep this a secret from OOP? Aren't they all 
together in all this? Maybe he could have just told a few of them like 
Arthur and Minerva. This mission is the biggest and most important 
thing that has to be dealt with!

I also feel that Harry is not ready to deal with what lies ahead even 
with help from Ron and Hermione.They just don't know enough magic to 
destroy all the horcruxes..They definitely need help. Even DD needed 
all his skills to get to the (fake) horcrux in the cave, he injured 
himself seriously trying to get the ring, too. But at the end of HBP we 
saw that Harry refuses to tell Minerva about it! What are they going 
to do???

Also, when did DD start the search for horcruxes?I think at the end 
of COS his doubts were confirmed by the Riddle diary. He probably 
started researching in POA but then things got too busy in GOF. LV was 
back at its end so he had to deal with the situation on the ground in 
OOP. Does this sound right?

Also, DD thinks that LV made a horcrux after killing Frank Bryce. But 
we know he reserves making them for very special deaths that he's 
planned. I dont think Bryce was imp to him at all. More importantly I 
don't think he had the strength to create one at that time if he 
needed Wormtail to feed him..and creating a horcrux must be extremely 
skilled magic..So Nagini cant be a horcrux as LV did nt make one at 
that time..Either he's one short of 7 or he made a new one after 
getting his power back...say after killing Amelia Bones(we know he 
killed her personally).

Anuja.