by Ken JP Stuczynski | Mar 11, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality
{from July 2007} An interesting though struck me at Mass this Sunday. Practicing Roman Catholicism, I hold the belief that the bread and wine becomes the Christ in its very essence. I have a more specific, personal belief that the shared cup cannot transmit disease....
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Mar 4, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
{From October 2005} I just read an interesting passage near the beginning of a chi kung book by Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming, Qigong, The Secret of Youth that posited an interesting thought. Throughout time people found spiritual meaning through religion, but now people search...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 18, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality
{Written March 2007} Catching up on a parenting newsgroup, I thought of a new way of looking at personal beliefs. We either hold them as our own — and keep them in perspective — or we hold them over others, and get what we deserve. I love my Dad....
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 11, 2010 | Business & Economics, Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality
This article {written December 30, 2007} is a bit simplified, but could be used as a primer for discussing such a topic rationally and fruitfully. The inspiration of writing this essay is the debate over the publicizing of written materials used in an LGAT (Large...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jan 21, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality
{This article was originally sent to the Western New York Catholic monthly periodical on 4 February 2003, not published except on a personal forum, where it received hundreds of views. Please note this was written before the War of Iraqi Liberation.*} A local pastor...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 10, 2009 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
The debate over abortion is traditionally polarized between two camps, that of “choice” and that of “life”, as if their values were exclusive to one another. The legal and ethical friction comes from weighing differently the rights of two...
