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HELL EXPLAINED BY A CHEMISTRY STUDENT

The following is apparently an actual answer to a question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term…

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:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, 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.'

THIS STUDENT
RECEIVED AN A+.

Very good, but it does assume that both heaven and hell are separate from earth and so where is the 'hell on earth' that we hear about?

Also, since I don't believe in a god, most religions would say I am therefore going to go to hell, so does this mean that I am destined to spend eternity in a sunny Californian town?

Oh jeez, how will I cope?

Nikki

Ok, it's gone now but Hell used to exist in California although LA has been known to be 'hotter than Hell'. I'm still packing my bikini and sunblock just in case.

Besides Hell, Michigan, the US can also boast Hell for Certain in Kentucky.

Although Hells Gate lies in the Caribbean.

There is also a village in Norway called Hell so I guess Hell actually does freeze over.

Nikki

So if hell has frozen over and therefore no longer exists?
Is Heaven able to sustain a never ending influx of untormented souls, Or is Heaven subjected to Charle's, law. And what is a tormented soul and where do they go now. Or is death an automatic cure for the tormented soul

But the original thread is brilliant in its conception.

If Hell is hot than it's definitely Bakersfield, CA.

If Hell is cold than it must be Fargo, North Dakota.

I've been to both places....once.

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