is Hell endothermic, or exothermic?

Answer 1

Well, since all matter is energy, no one leaves Hell, and people are constantly arriving, it must be endothermic.

Answer 2

Neither.
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, unabridged, under “Hell” says: “fr[om] . . . helan to conceal.” The word “hell” thus originally conveyed no thought of heat or torment but simply of a ‘covered over or concealed place.’ In the old English dialect the expression “helling potatoes” meant, not to roast them, but simply to place the potatoes in the ground or in a cellar.

The meaning given today to the word “hell” is that portrayed in Dante’s Divine Comedy and Milton’s Paradise Lost, which meaning is completely foreign to the original definition of the word. The idea of a “hell” of fiery torment, however, dates back long before Dante or Milton.
Hindus and Buddhists regard hell as a place of spiritual cleansing and final restoration. Islamic tradition considers it as a place of everlasting punishment.” The idea of suffering after death is found among the pagan religious teachings of ancient peoples in Babylon and Egypt. Babylonian and Assyrian beliefs depicted the “nether world . . . as a place full of horrors, . . . presided over by gods and demons of great strength and fierceness.” Although ancient Egyptian religious texts do not teach that the burning of any individual victim would go on forever, they do portray the “Other World” as featuring “pits of fire” for “the damned.”—The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, by Morris Jastrow

Answer 3

It's endemic, especially for wise-guys. Good Luck!

Answer 4

Doesn't matter to me either way except I pray not to be going there to find out.

Answer 5

for energy balance, it must be isothermic (energy in = energy out), otherwise it would be an energy source or sink

in my view, it is
endnon-existent

Answer 6

the classic answer

http://www.pinetree.net/humor/thermodynamics.html

Answer 7

It is rumored to be hot. That's all I know.
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Answer 8

IT HOT!!!!!!!!!!!