Hey gang. I started up my 2008 this morning and for the first time ever got a check engine light. I read the codes using a cheap obd2 scanner and it says its from the knock sensor.(P0328) any one that has had this issue in the past have some advice to deal with it?
The plastic cover on the motion sensors unclipped on the right side and when i tried clipping it back i broke off two of the bars. I hate that this happened and its near impossible to find the cover on its own. Just gotta start meditating and learn to live with it i guess.
A story i forgot to tell you guys is about my sister. She currently has a daughter who we all love dearly. However. Before her daughter was born she had a stillbirth son. We all cried over his passing and she cried the most. Many days she would cry with my mother and it always made me sad. Until one day. She was crying with my mom mourning his passing when she asked her something. She asked my mom. Why would god allow his passing and take him away from her? Naturally this confused me. I then afterwards asked her what she meant and she said this. God doesnt do any harm. He allows certain things to happen to test us and our faith in him. Just like that her son she had lost became a catalyst for religion and a test of her faith. That is when i lost all faith in humanity and Christendom.
Recently i have seen a lot of Christian groups start pushing the idea that there is an ongoing war on faith. As more people leave Christianity and move on the remaining Christians are getting worried. They say the devil is luring us away in order to get more to burn in hell and that they want to do something about it. Of course as we know, there is no actual war. More people are just coming to there senses. But as usual Christians want to declare war. This might lead to a surge in missionaries knocking on our doors trying to convert us. More attacks based solely on faith. And if we are very unlucky the government could get involved. In the past we have seen religion dictate a few countries and that might be our future. Churches in south africa are already calling for the outlawing of atheism saying you are not human without faith. If this spreads it could have dangerous consequences.
Theres exists a theory called the great replacement theory. It boils down to the belief that people of colour are gonna start having more kids in an attempt to replace white people on earth. Its absurd but i see more and more christian people in south africa that believe in this garbage. My dad one day in the car said that when Mandela was sent to prison his last command to his followers were “outbreed them”. Which is factually incorrect. Its another case of hate that resonates mostly with Christian people in this country. I hate people
I recently saw a very old rant about the drive by wire system in the 2009 mazda 3 and it got me thinking. I have never had issues with the drive by wire system in my 2008 2 and it’s virtually the same response wise to a cabled throttle system. What were your experiences with the drive by wire system like in these cars?
A few years ago my mom had a boyfriend. He was one of many but he stuck out to me because of his opinions on certain things. He was also a gamer and tech guy so we had a few things to bond over, until i realised how much he had lost his mind. He was a Christian as the title states but believed some strange extra things. The biggest was this. He says that nothing we say is fiction is actually fiction and that the characters in franchises like marvel all really existed and were fallen angels who used demonic influence to implant them into the minds of the writers of these franchises which resulted in the movies we watched. This baffled me. To think someone could be so insane that they believe fictional characters were fallen angels and all really existed was a shock. Furthermore he said that when the rapture happened they would all rise and aid in torturing those that were left behind. I remembered this today and can honestly say that i am at a loss for words.
As we all know religious groups love to force their ideology on anyone and everything they can. And have done so in mass on multiple occasions. One of the most famous examples was the satanic panic that happened when hard rock started to gain traction. Hundreds burned vinyls and prayed over those who listened to bands like acdc saying they were messengers of the devil and that they needed to be saved from their sins. This was long ago as we all know but i fear it might have a second coming(pun intended). As we know the world has started making age verification laws to prevent people who dont send their ids to governments from seeing any 18+ content. This extends to music like heavy metal. My favourite genre i might add. This in itself is already bad but i fear what would happen if this mass controll scheme would get mixed with religion. It might start a second satanic panic where it would be even harder to access your favourite stuff that doesnt have crosses plastered all over it since physical media is becoming rare these days. Maybe im a bit paranoid but i feel like were headed for a Fahrenheit 451 scenario but bigger than just books.
I had a conversation with a college mate recently and he asked me why I’m an atheist and not a Christian like my family. I told him that i only believe something with substantial evidence to back it up. Like the literal mountains of evidence that science has to back it up. He replied that he understands what i mean but that Christianity does have substantial evidence behind it. Confused i asked him what this supposed evidence was. He then said that the bible was substantial evidence since it was first hand accounts of what happened. This puzzles me. Because in what world is the bible evidence or first hand accounts. I give up.