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Is Hell exothermic or endothermic?


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The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of

Washington chemistry exam. The answer by one student was so 'profound' that

the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat), or endothermic (absorbs

heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law - gas

cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed - or some variant. One

student, however, wrote the following:

'First, we need to know how the mass

of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate, at which, souls

are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we

can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave.

Therefore, no souls are leaving.

'As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different

religions that exist in the world today.

'Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their

religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these

religions, and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can

project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are,

we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we

look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states

that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the

volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

'This gives two possibilities: I. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than

the rate at which souls enter, then the temperature and pressure in Hell

will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell,

then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So

which is it?

'If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year

that 'it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you', and take into

account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be

true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen

over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it

follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore extinct,

leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which

explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God'.'

:lol2:beer

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Funny...but....in actuality, hell is not a physical place YET. To be "in hell" is to be under the wrath of God, so all unsaved people are in hell (under the wrath of God) right now.

At the end of the world, the dead will be resurected to stand for judgement, be found guilty and then cast into a literal hell along with Satan and the fallen angels. Only then will hell exist as a place. :shock

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Funny...but....in actuality, hell is not a physical place YET. To be "in hell" is to be under the wrath of God, so all unsaved people are in hell (under the wrath of God) right now.

At the end of the world, the dead will be resurected to stand for judgement, be found guilty and then cast into a literal hell along with Satan and the fallen angels. Only then will hell exist as a place. :shock

Damn, and I thought I had a free reign to sin.

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