This is an actual question on a University of Liverpool chemistry final exam. One student received an A for his witty answer, which has been widely dispersed over the internet. The answer is at least R-rated, thoughtful, and funny. You can read it at the following link:
http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.net/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=172472
2007-03-17 19:12:08 · 11 answers · asked by In Honor of Moja 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
For the people who don't want to click on an unknown link:
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
2007-03-17 19:25:43 · answer #1 · answered by Jessica 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every culture has a hell. And yet only in the last two or three thousand years has it become warmer then heaven.
Gehenna or whatever the name given in one book was; was describing the crematorium on the other side of a hill to a child. Some times I see things as little children do and the books I read suddenly make perfect sense.
In fact I recall hell is considered to be winter by many, because it denotes the time of year all things that are not prepared die. Reason tells me that it is cold in hell, not hot.
I remember seeing some authoritative bunch on the internet that tested the theory as to whether Heaven or hell is hotter.
They found that Heaven is hotter then Hell. I would look it up for you, but you seem determined enough to me.
Do a Yahoo! Search for it or Google it; and see if you can find out if they were a legitimate group or just another bunch of silly nilly wise men looking for something to entertain them.
2007-03-18 02:39:08 · answer #2 · answered by d4d9er 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Until someone goes to hell and back how could we possibly know? All this talk about hell being a place of fire and torment is pure supposition.When God comes to judge us (if you believe he will) our bodies will be resurrected and we will find out where we will go.I have been taught that body and soul will go to Heaven or Hell.I believe that Hell is a place of unimaginable darkness and loneliness of not being able to see God,These are my own beliefs but this makes more sense to me than the other popular reason for hell Regards,Rob.
2007-03-18 05:33:35 · answer #3 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a very funny answer,which is all a professor can expect seeing how you have to go to hell to really know if hell exist,and come back and answer the question.
2007-03-18 02:49:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go look for a book called a divine revelation of hell by mary k baxter. It blew my mind
2007-03-18 05:18:48 · answer #5 · answered by pebbles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh this is excellent! This is definetly making it into my blog tomorrow!
This guy is going to go far!
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2007-03-18 02:34:16 · answer #6 · answered by Jack Creighton 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who knows?
2007-03-18 02:20:04 · answer #7 · answered by OrdinaryA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMAO. that was pretty good. and conclusive too.
2007-03-18 04:04:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.snopes.com/college/exam/hell.asp
10 years and still going strong.
2007-03-18 09:12:38 · answer #9 · answered by Zasu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for making me laugh. This was hilarious.
2007-03-18 03:16:41 · answer #10 · answered by I love you too! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋