The Bellarmine Forum Podcast – The Bellarmine Forum
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Pull up a chair in the living room. The dishes are done, and nobody had too many cocktails (yet). Let's talk about life, the Catholic faith, history, and just about anything else. Your host, John B. Manos, interviews guests on topics, has regular show guests, and an occasional news update.
The Bellarmine Forum Podcast – The Bellarmine Forum
1 hour 10 minutes 7 seconds
3 years ago
BFP We Are Being Gamed by the Synod
Last episode, we discussed game theory but never got to the point of it. Now, we discuss that the Vatican had hired McKinsey & Co to "modernize communications". McKinsey uses game theory to help their clients find the best path to navigate a market and uses consensus management to help companies move from point A to point B through competition and diverse market forces, especially to overcome reasonable criticism. Well, that's what we see happening in the Synod. We discuss the USCCB Synod Synthesis and see that we really are being gamed!
Cover of the USCCB Synod Synthesis with Annotations pointing out the Deliberately Traditional and Non-AmChurch Parish shown
Chapter Markers:
00:00 - Start
00:40 - We're Being Gamed with a McKinsey & Co Word Salad Consensus Management Synod
03:29 - McKinsey and Company Uses Game Theory to Evaluate Best Options for a Business to Navigate threats and manage progress
04:25 - Vatican hired McKinsey to MODERNIZE COMMUNICATIONS (think how Woke Shows Treat their audiences)
05:22 - Modern Communications Disqualify Reasonable Criticism By Ad Hominem (hate speech, etc)
05:40 - Traditionalists were Disqualified by Tradiones Custodes -- Eliminated all Trad opinions
07:28 - The USCCB document - Even the Picture on the Front is Misleading
08:38 - Modernists Live on Word Salads
09:11 - Brothers and Sisters? Shouldn't that be "They/Them"? No - this document is meant for YOU, not them
10:44 - The Title is a wreck (and already incorrect)
11:46 - "On behalf of us all"? Who? All of them versus little you. (the psychology of Delphi Consensus Management)
13:29 - "Writing Teams" The whole thing is highly filtered communications
14:36 - The Psychological Game of BIG NUMBERS and Exagerrated extent imply No Stone Left Unturned
16:18 - 700,000? were they even Catholic? Who participated?
17:32 - They were "deeply grateful" -- i.e. you should be grateful and accept this massive effort without critical analysis of it
18:49 - Forcing you to accept the "Spirit of openness"?
20:04 - The "argumentative" and scary strawman that YOU are. They had to ignore you because you are mean and scary.
20:53 - Up to no good? When Crooks Feel Safe...
21:23 - "transformed by listening" -- See, YOU are not transformed because you aren't "open"
22:14 - Should you be open to Every Faith Journey? Is every faith journey valid?
23:24 - Hallmark Gives Better and More relevant Platitudes
Image from the USCCB Report showing a hand with a heart and "support for one another is essential..."
23:54 - Enhancing "participation" - Everybody gets a trophy, Everyone is special, especially those in error
25:10 - Obstacles to Communion? They aren't talking about mortal sin... they mean orthodox doctrine
25:48 - Polarization -- like pro-abortion politicians?
26:09 - Receiving "Eucharist" brings more "solidarity with the poor???"
27:33 - Suggestions on "Building Communion Around Holy Communion"? wait, what?
28:13 - Welcoming means eliminating repentance? Oh, wait -- it means YOU shut your mouth
The Bellarmine Forum Podcast – The Bellarmine Forum
Pull up a chair in the living room. The dishes are done, and nobody had too many cocktails (yet). Let's talk about life, the Catholic faith, history, and just about anything else. Your host, John B. Manos, interviews guests on topics, has regular show guests, and an occasional news update.
