[Dialogue] Heaven or Hell?

[george]

Shame on you Cynthia, now the whole list will be turned over to Jerry 
Falwell and the FCC, or is it the FAA, one of those F..groups.

George Holcombe

On Feb 17, 2005, at 1:57 PM, FacilitationFla at aol.com wrote:

> The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University
> of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so
> "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the 
> Internet,
> which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as 
> well.
>
>  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 2 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 THE ONLY "A
>
>
>
>
>
> Cynthia N. Vance
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