hell explained
By mrsbrian
@mrsbrian (1949)
United States
June 12, 2007 9:03pm CST
I received the most perfect explenation of hell in an e-mail today and wanted to share with you it is as follows:HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
One student, 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+.
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6 responses
@mizrae (587)
• United States
13 Jun 07
I absolutely loved this story. I hope you don't mind, but I saved a copy in my e-mail file to send to my sisters. I'm not surprised the student received a great grade. Imagine what he will do with his life with such creativity?
@bruxedo (773)
• France
13 Jun 07
Very interesting answer. I think that the idea of going to hell it's something that it's different from person to person, from culture to culture, but mainly I think that it's something we need to believe to help us fight against our own deffects.
@magicnoire (102)
• United States
13 Jun 07
Creative and scientific at the same time.
Awesome combination!
The kid deserves the A+.