Does Hell Really exist?

The following question was given on a University of
Washington chemistry mid-term exam. 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.

Here is the "Bonus Question" on the exam:

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 (a
girlfriend of mine 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."

WAY TO GO KID !!!!!!

If everyone studied for the exams the same way he did we would only have A students :smiley10:

Sounds like the kid has a real future in comedy.

:smiley20:

Nice line of BS :smiley36:

Very funny stuff!!