#3 - The core atheistic philosophy

"Do good for the sake of goodness."
This is the staple principle for any atheists around the world.

If you see a hungry dog. Feed it.
If the dog needs shelter. Give it a shelter.
If someone needs help. Help that person.

Somehow, we can easily see many people today do 'good' not for the sake of goodness but with some intention. We all can see a very good example during the chinese vegetarian month. Out of a sudden, everyone becomes vegetarian in that month. Why? Is it because they do really have pity on animals? Or they are doing just to please their Gods? Tell me. Some even go to the extent of becoming a vegetarian only on the last day of the vegetarian month. This is not really a sincere act, seriously! If one is really a vegetarian, I'm pretty sure that person is an animal lover. Guess what! Those so called people who goes vegetarian were seen hurting stray dogs. Yes, that's right.

So, what's the point? You become a vegetarian but the next day, you hurt a stray dog. Furthermore, these people park their cars haphazardly along the roads just to enjoy their vegetarian meals yet knowing that they are jamming the road. Where are the manners, veggie people!

On the issue of dogs again, I come to know some people who keep dogs not because they like dogs but they do it hoping to get something in return from their Gods!!! Oh my....

The point is...do good for the sake of goodness. Period.

Philosophy # 2

' The classical man is just a bundle of routine, ideas, and tradition. When he acts, he is translating every living moment in terms of the old'
Bruce Lee (1975, p. 16) The Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Please read it, understand it, and absorb it. Bruce Lee was referring 'it' to the Kung Fu filled with unnecessary classical patterns and movements. Therefore, he created his very own philosophy of the martial arts - Jeet Kune Do. I am applying that philosophy in my atheistic philosophy.

Remember the last time you are observing a routine traditional ceremony. Ask yourself whether it has any purpose, function or value in it. It it does not, discard it.

'Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality'
Bruce Lee (1975, p. 14) The Tao of Jeet Kune Do

If it does not contain any purpose, function, or value, why are you still observing it? Why are you following the footsteps and shadows of the classical man - our ancestors? The classical man who lived 999 years before us....why are we following his shadows?...when we are living in the 21st century. When you follow his shadows, you are actually trying to live in the times of your ancestors.

We are living in the present with the Internet right in front of our eyes!

Unlearn all those unnecessary ceremonies, traditions, and routines. Empty your cup! Fill your cup with your own way of living!

Apply this very important philosophy right now!

Listening to the classical man is about understanding the routine, traditions, shadows, and his wayward beliefs. 'You are not understanding yourself' (Bruce Lee, 1975, p. 17).

Listen to yourself and understand yourself.

The Philosophies of Gabriel Gim - The Way of the Atheist

If Bruce Lee could write The Tao of Jeet Kune Do, I should start writing my own philosophies on the way of living as an atheist. Hmmm...let's call it...The Way of the Atheist.

By the way, this blog was initially intended to be dedicated to my very own writing of my philosophies but somehow I lost tracked and diverted into a dogs' rights activist. But I am indeed a strong advocate of dogs' rights.

Nevertheless, let's start writing!

My very first very controversial philosophy.
Here goes..

'Men created God'

That's right, folks. Men created the word god and everything related to god. We don't see animals praying. So why only humans pray to god? Because, they themselves created god.
I strongly believe religion was designed as a guideline to one's morality and consciousness. But the followers have always interpreted religions in a different way to the extent that the major religions in the world have turned into something iconic or symbolic, into a club, into an organisation or a society where one can bond with each other and starts to advocate their beliefs to others.

I believe religions should be ripped of all its Godly supernatural beliefs and we should go back to the core of religion:- Philosophy and morality!

There is no god but men's god. It is our past ancestors who have created god. So, why are we believing someone who lives in the times of the barbaric era and when there is no Internet and space shuttle in those times? Why are we believing in it when we have not seen it? We believe in God because of the bounded societal culture we are living in. Only a few of us could break free from this barrier and started thinking scientifically and philosophically about the truth of the universe. And I am one of them:- an atheist!
Are you?

Try to reflect on yourself one day and ask yourself why are you still doing what your ancestors have been doing for the past 999 years? Times have changed and so must you!

From this very first philosophy of mine, Men created God, it lead me to my second philosophy which I shall discuss in the future.

Serial dog murderer on the loose in Lip Sin!

I am writing this to inform the world that there is a serial dog murderer on the loose in Lip Sin Garden, Penang. Yes I say it right! Lip Sin Garden is somewhere near Taman Pekaka and Bukit Jambul.

This particular young Chinese man was spotted poison to stray dogs in Lip Sin Garden. It is believed that he lives in some flats in Lip Sin Garden near Super Tanker food court, Sunshine Lip Sin and Leng Nia coffeeshop.

This stupid Chinese man must have hated dogs so much to the extend that he is so passionate to kill the stray dogs one by one by feeding them poison! He would feed them rice laced with poison. Watch out for that, dog lovers!!

On September 30th, 2008, the stupid Chinese man was seen feeding some food to a dog. Thinking he was harmless, I ignore that. Later, I found out that there are some dead pigeons around the plastic bag containing the rice and a stray dog who was eating the rice was a little dizzy walking away from the food. Then only I found out, that stupid Chinese man was feeding poison to dogs!!! A couple of stray dogs have died mysteriously and now I know who's the stupid culprit.

If Karma does really exist, I do really wish that particular stupid idiotic Chinese man be born as a bull dog in his next life and to be ran over by a lorry while he is crossing a busy road.

Ladies and gentleman, please be aware that such a coward act of feeding poison to dogs is a crime in Malaysia (unfortunately, i'm not a lawyer, so I don't know it falls under which Act) which is punishable by fine and/or imprisonment.

If anyone of you actually seen this stupid useless cowardly Chinese man feeding poison to stray dogs, please apprehend him immediately. He may seem innocent feeding some food to dogs but it's laced with fatal poison.
The stupid Chinese man is fair-skin and probably around in his twenties or thirties. I hoped he feed his wife and mother some poison too.

Acting GM of PKNS

I can't believe that there are people (especially the ex Selangor MB Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo) protesting against the appointment of Low Siew Moi as the acting GM for the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS).

Isn't she (Low Siew Moi) a Malaysian? Furthermore, she has substantial years of relevant experience as reported in The Star. Just because she's of a different colour, she cannot be the acting GM? What the heckk!!!

The Malaysian government does really need a new government. I do urge everyone to give Malaysia a restructuring that Malaysians deserved. Four more years to go.......can't wait...

Anyway, kudos to the current Selangor MB Khalid for defending the appointment of Low Siew Moi, although she is a non-bumiputra as the acting GM for PKNS.

The hair metal days are gone...

The 1980s hair metal period I believe to have started from 1978 and ended in 1993 is long gone....
Too bad.
It was well recorded in rock history on how Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen creatively explored beyond the blues pentatonic scale and came up with something new in 1978...something similar to Neo Classicalism that gave rise to the 1980s hair metal!

And why it ended in 1993? Thanks to Kurt Cobain and his band Nirvana, they killed hair metal. Grunge killed hair metal.

So who are the hair metallists?
Here they are...

Whitesnake

Van Halen

Def Leppard

Hanoi Rocks

Motley Crue

Can u imagine those rockers putting make up, wearing tight leather pants and strange tight costumes, putting hairsprays that have destroyed the ozone layer and most importantly, their big hair thingy!..... Those are the days....

And hair metal sounds better than alternative rock. For sure!

Go listen to hair metal!

Puppies shot dead

One of the puppies that was shot dead cruelly

I am writing in response to the brutal killings of a couple of puppies in Lip Sin Garden recently. I woke up today getting ready to attend my class only to find MPPP officers outside my house in the opposite field cruelly shot dead two puppies. I also wonder how many dogs they have killed today. The day before, they caught a dog and a puppy and their fate was unknown to me. As an animal lover, I was distraught and disgusted on how humans treat animals.

Have we become so self-centred that dogs should not live with us on this planet? Have we become the ruler of planet earth who could decide who shall live and who shall not live on this planet? Are dogs’ lives so worthless that they could be killed randomly just like that? Are dogs a nuisance to human to the extent that they need to be rid off from this planet? More importantly, how do you think the mother (bitch) to the puppies would feel to find her puppies having been murdered? These are the questions I would like to pose to the people who complaint about dogs straying in the neighbourhood of Lip Sin Garden. I also wish that the very person who complained is actually given the privilege to witness the brutal extermination of these stray dogs. Then I believe you would think twice before complaining. It’s also a pitiful sight this morning to see the mother (bitch) sniffing around the street to find its puppies without realising that the MPPP officers have killed them.

Living right in front of the field where these dogs roam, I have not seen any of these stray dogs bitten anyone. Also, never in my life I have seen a stray dog bitten anyone and I don’t believe a stray dog would bite anyone unless provoked. Instead, stray dogs are afraid of humans. The dogs that the public should watch out for are pet dogs who are kept in cages or dogs who are cruelly tied to a tree because these are the dogs who would bare their teeth at or attack you if you happened to walk pass them.

Have you seen someone who pelted stones and sticks at a dog just because the dog was tailing behind that person or the dog was walking nearby or the dog was sitting in front of someone’s gate? Have you seen a toddler kicking a puppy for sport while the parents were actually looking and not doing anything to discipline their toddler? Have you seen children and teenagers pelting stray dogs with sticks and branches just for the fun of it? I have seen all of these incidents right with my own eyes. So, who are the real threats here? Humans or dogs? And what would happen if these children were bitten by a stray dog? The first thing I would have always read in the newspaper is the claim ‘I didn’t do anything to the dog!’ as if I will believe the statement that the stray dog is unprovoked. Like I said before, it is highly more likely that a pet dog would bite someone.

To be fair, there are also incidents where the pack of stray dogs are seen chasing after people. However, these dogs have no ill intention of biting anyone. It’s just that they are chasing after people to play with them. Seriously! Every time I walk out to the field, this pack of stray dogs would run after me and jump on me not to bite me but to show affection yet I do not feed them food. Unfortunately, this is the source of misunderstanding for the public to think that the stray dogs are dangerous. But they are not!

I have not even told you that about a group of boys on bicycles who pelted firecrackers at two stray dogs for no apparent reason. I’ve also seen a group of boys after their evening prayers terrorising the street with stones because these dogs happened to sleep by the roadside. I’ve also seen countless times a couple of ‘mat rempits’ attempting to irritate these dogs by riding noisily up and down the street just because the dogs are there. In addition, those ‘mat rempits’ often aggravate the dogs by grazing their bikes against the dogs. Again, this is the very reason why the pack of stray dogs would always chase after motorcyclists but nobody knows the root cause of it.

On a few occasions, I observed that the stray dogs would strangely bark at innocent people who belong to a certain race. From what I observed, the root cause is because there is a group of people of a certain race who would occasionally come to the playground to disturb these stray dogs.

On the good side, I’ve seen a few good Samaritans in Lip Sin Garden who help to feed these stray dogs and I respect them. I’ve also seen children playing with the puppies and the stray dogs by petting them and running around with them.

Before I end my grievances, I do hope that anyone who complained that they can’t sleep because of noisy barking in the middle of the night could sleep peacefully now because a couple of dogs and puppies have been exterminated. And to those who can’t tolerate the sight of dogs, I wish you are very happy now that a few dogs are gone but I’m still feeling sick of the sight where a puppy was shot in the head while it was sleeping.