2007-06-15 04:11:47 · 14 answers · asked by rie 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
ha ha, good point. But I bet you've opened a can of religious worms!
Hey Liz - we have the same hair!
2007-06-15 04:14:46 · answer #1 · answered by Mara S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the fact that heat rises doesn't make the source of heat cold, does it? Take an example. You get a red hot lump of coal, or a pan of boiling water, or a gas flame etc etc. Heat rises from them, but they are not cold!
Mind you, having said that, I believe your initial assumption that hell is hot, is a false assumption. The Bible hell is a rather cold place! The word hell in the Bible is a poor translation from Hebrew Sheol (grave, pit) and Greek Hades (literally common grave, gravedom). Various characters like Job and Jacob wanted to go to sheol because they wanted to die...I don't think they wanted a good roasting!
Great question...very philosophical...very tongue in cheek...good laugh!
2007-06-15 15:25:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Hell is considerably cooler than heaven!
Isaiah 30:26 reads, Moreover, the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold as the light of seven days. Thus, heaven receives from the moon as much radiation as the earth does from the sun, and in addition seven times seven (forty nine) times as much as the earth does from the sun, or fifty times in all. The light we receive from the moon is one ten-thousandth of the light we receive from the sun, so we can ignore that. With these data we can compute the temperature of heaven: heaven loses fifty times as much heat as the earth by radiation. Using the Stefan-Boltzmann fourth power law for radiation
(H/E)4 = 50
where E is the absolute temperature of the earth, 300°K (273+27). This gives H the absolute temperature of heaven, as 798° absolute (525°C).
The exact temperature of hell cannot be computed but it must be less than 444.6°C, the temperature at which brimstone or sulfur changes from a liquid to a gas. Revelations 21:8: But the fearful and unbelieving... shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone." A lake of molten brimstone [sulfur] means that its temperature must be at or below the boiling point, which is 444.6°C. (Above that point, it would be a vapor, not a lake.)
We have then, temperature of heaven, 525°C (977°F). Temperature of hell, less than 445°F). Therefore heaven is hotter than hell.
2007-06-15 11:14:51 · answer #3 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in mythology hell was the temperature it is as it is the most unbearable place. The Vikings saw their version of hell as a cold place as being cold was their worst enemy. Christianity, being formed in one of the hottest places on earth exported the idea further out and we still have the hell is hot version today
2007-06-15 11:25:28 · answer #4 · answered by Northern Spriggan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is true that heat rises but in this case, this intense heat is produced 24/7 therefore, every bit of heat that rises is immediately replaced!
2007-06-15 11:23:47 · answer #5 · answered by Poison Ivy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hebert (pronounced A-bear) died and went to Hell. He saw that it was full of ice and snow, and freezing. He said, " I am one happy Cajun. The Saints done won the Super Bowl."
Oh, to answer you question: Hell isn't necessarily "down."
2007-06-15 12:28:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What and where are hell anyways ?? If it's at the center of the earth, it's a few thousand degrees there.
2007-06-15 11:34:41 · answer #7 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell is only arbitarily chosen to be below heaven/earth
2007-06-15 11:31:34 · answer #8 · answered by SS4 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats assuming hell is actually a place
and assuming its a place under the earth
which it isnt
2007-06-15 16:08:12 · answer #9 · answered by ~*tigger*~ ** 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell is from a different fairy story, but - the Earth core (down) is also hot!
2007-06-15 13:58:06 · answer #10 · answered by yvannek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋