Believe in Hell!

A thermodynamics professor had written a take home exam for his graduate students. It had one question: "Is Hell exothermic gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof."

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up 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 that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think 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. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell.

"Since they are more than one of these religions and since people do not normally adhere to more than one religion, we can project that a significant number of souls will go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. "Second, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for 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 that the postulate given to me by Miss Kathy Sue Loudermilk during my freshman year that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you", and we take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded with her, then #2 cannot be true.

Therefore, Hell is exothermic and the temperature and pressure are increasing infinitely. "The conclusion is, therefore, it is hotter than Hell in Hell and it is going to get infinitely hotter!"

YOUR SOUL IS MINE................................................