Fear & Loathing in a World Without God

No country is perfect, and all of them have dark chapters they’d rather forget. Everyone is allowed to do whatever they want on Canada Day, and that freedom to express ourselves any way we wish is exactly what makes this country one of the best.

We are free to celebrate or mourn on Canada Day if we want to, because people made the highest sacrifice so that we could have that choice. Rather than point fingers, spread hate, and encourage division… we should instead come together and try to build a brighter future for all Canadians.

That’s what I believe July 1st is supposed to be about; a celebration of not just Canada’s accomplishments but the greatness that is yet to come. That is what I will choose to do on Thursday as I look forward to better days and years to come on Canada Day.

PJ

I will never apologize for being an outspoken atheist.

I will never apologize for criticizing religion all the time on twitter, facebook, tumblr, open diary, and in all the nonfiction books that I write. 

If you want to argue with me, be prepared to receive an epic smackdown. I do not suffer fools gladly. 

Was working on some new poetry, and kinda came up with this interesting little thing. I was inspired by something unexpected and went with it.

Hope everyone is having a good Sunday morning!

PJ

They miss everything, even dates.

PJ

On the advice from a good friend, I have started my first kickstarter.

I recently finished writing a novel titled “World Of Monsters” and to say it’s been one of my more popular novels is a total understatement. On some of the online story sites, this novel has generated as much as 400,000 views, with close to five thousand people bookmarking it as their favorite. While I’m sure there are many more novels that do better, that’s a personal best for me and that doesn’t even include decent numbers from other sites.

The novel is an impressive 88,000 words, which made for an impressive novel when I released it on Smashwords and Lulu. So when it came to writing a sequel, since this book had a decent following, I thought I’d try the crowd funding route to see just how dedicated this fan base is. I also left the novel on a brutal cliffhanger, so I’m also hoping that will have some readers desperate enough to chip in too.

The fund raiser launched yesterday morning, and I already have two backers pledging a total of $11, so we’re at least off to a good start!In order to entice my readers, I created over a dozen rewards to pick from but the minimum donation is on $1 if that is all they can afford. I wanted to give everyone a chance to chip in and hope that everyone who enjoyed this novel wants to help out can do so.

Some of the rewards include:

- Sneak peeks of the new novel as it’s being written

- Signed copies of both novels (softcover or hardcover)

- Be the first to read the new novel when it’s finished.

- Become a character in the new book…

So if you’d like any of these rewards or just want to toss over a few bucks, or just want to check out the fund raiser to see how cool it is… you can do so by going to the following link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pjlowry/world-of-monsters-sequel-fund

While I don’t know if I’ll reach my goal in 60 days, I have to admit it’s nice to not see a goose egg after day #1. I’m hoping for better days and even for the best… but I also know I’ll have to work at it, promoting the shit out of it and working the whole time.

I’ll update you guys as this goes on. Until then… have a good weekend.

Peter

I agree with this statement 1000%. If someone tells you not to question something, our natural response should be to question the fuck out of it.

Asking questions should never be taboo, as that’s how new science and new discoveries are made. Questioning the status quo leads to progress, so those who don’t want us to question anything is against progress.

Not being allowed to ask questions isn’t science, its religion. Science should be allowed to stand up to skepticism, or it isn't’ allowed to be science.

Keep asking questions my friends,

PJ

To be fair, god has a reputation for killing a lot of kids. If the dude needs a reminder, I’d fucking do it too.

It’s a good thing Peta didn’t exist back then, cause I’m sure they’d have a small issue with people smearing animal blood on doors.

PJ

Morally white? Are you fucking kidding me?

Forget the fact that a lot of Arabic people happen to read and religiously follow a holy book that pretty much orders them to murder the infidels.

One could even suggest the person actually acted morally Islamic.

PJ

Picture if you will a mother of a family of four, whose children are sick and whose husband is out of work. This mother is the moral fiber of the family, and she represents the Democrats in our story today.

This mother is softer, loving, forgiving, and nurturing. While her Husband, who represents the GOP, is crass, foul-mouthed, and unpredictable with an occasional outburst of his violent temper.

Now the children - representing us - are very sick. They’ve been out of school all year with a virus and they’re getting quite restless. Doctor Fauci, the family physician, tells the family not to worry, the meds for the virus are on the way and soon, everything will be all right.

However, instead of the mother cooking a meal for her sick children and out of work husband, she decides to go out and murder someone in the next town because - as she tells the children returning home dripping in blood - “we need to protect the family and your father would have done the same thing. So if you want to blame someone for having no dinner and your mother being a murderer - your father is sitting right there.”

The father just rolls his eyes in response.  You see, before the mother went out to murder someone, she cut out her husband’s tongue.

And that right there is how fucked things are right about now.

PJ

There is a perfectly good reason why God doesn’t stop school shootings, genocides, murders, rapes and even his/her own priests from molesting children. The simple reason is that god does not exist. That means the only person who can prevent and stop the next shooting is you.

As the comic suggests, get engaged with reality and petition for reasonable gun laws. Sure, not every criminal will follow these new laws, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to make the acquisition of guns just a little bit tougher. Not every citizen is going to respect traffic law either, but we should still have them anyway. It’s this effort is what stops crime from getting out of control… so while some crime might slip through the cracks, we should still make the effort to stop what we can.

So if you really want to see less shootings I suggest you stop praying to a figment of your imagination, get off your lazy ass, and do something about it yourself. 

PJ

It’s called faith because there’s no evidence. If such evidence was discovered, faith would not be necessary. The fact that your church asks for faith is an admission that there is no evidence, therefore no reason to subscribe to any of their unproven rubbish. Walk away people, and save your time and money. You can do something better with your Sundays! Sleep in, spend quality time with your kids, help out with the chores. Things that actually matter and make life better. Or you could sleep in… that works too.

PJ

If you don’t like these memes, you could always try to pray them away. Forgive me if I don’t hold my breath.

PJ

A humanist cares about every member of the human race, not just the people who reside within their own borders, class, gender, or family. Humanity deserves better than the division and hate being propagated for the benefit of governments, religions and corporations. The majority of the species are being systematically abused to generate profits for the elite few, and that just isn’t right. I don’t know how to change/fix it, but admitting there is a problem is always the first step.

PJ