For twisted logic, facts are terribly inconvenient

While preparing an article I was writing for my weblog, I came across a christian weblog called "Christian Men - Christian Warriors" where the author, Trent Cotton, was retelling a conversation he had with someone he was interviewing to potentially hire.  The person he was talking with lived in California, and was talking about wildfires that were burning near the persons home.  Cotton said he was told the person was prevented from using their air conditioner out of fear the air conditioner might suck up a burning ember and force it throughout their home using the AC duct.

"If one were to have their air condition on, the unit would pull in air from the air outside and push it through the various ducts throughout the house.  All it would take was one or two of these embers being sucked into the air ducts to begin a raging fire...  The houses burn from the inside out.”

He went on to use that experience as an analogy to explain to people how god "consumes" people's lives, starting as a small ember and growing into a "raging fire."


The fact is, air conditioners don't mix outdoor air with indoor air.  Indoor air flows through an indoor coil, where heat is moved from the indoor air and absorbed by refrigerant.  That refrigerant is then pumped to an outdoor coil, where outdoor air flows through the coil and absorbs the heat from the refrigerant.  


Outdoor air never flows through the duct work in your home, and outdoor air is not sucked into your home by your air conditioner.  Under no circumstances could a burning ember be sucked into your air conditioner and forced into your home through the duct work.


But who cares about facts...  We're talking about religion baby!  Religion needs no facts, especially the big 3 abrahamic religions.  Christians are expected to accept what religious leaders teach based on faith alone.  Paul says in Hebrews Chapter 11 that faith is “a conviction of things not seen.”   


It must be nice to not be burdened by facts...