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 that souls are moving into Hell and the rate 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, lets look at different religions that
> exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are
not a
> member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are 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
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. Of course, 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 Ms. Teresa
> Banyan 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 still
> have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then #2 cannot
> be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not
> freeze.
> The student received the only "A" given.
> First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we
> need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate 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, lets look at different religions that
> exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are
not a
> member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are 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
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. Of course, 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 Ms. Teresa
> Banyan 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 still
> have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then #2 cannot
> be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not
> freeze.
> The student received the only "A" given.