That's been around for quite a while, but I love it. I also love the one about asking NASA scientists about Santa Clause.
On Nov 28, 5:55 pm, stem cell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This came to me in my inbox and I thought I'd share. > > stemcell > > > > > > HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT > > > > The following is an actual question given on a of chemistry > > > mid term. > > > > 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 : > > > > Bonus Question: 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 Thelma 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 two > > > 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, > > > Thelma kept > > > shouting 'Oh my God.' > > > > THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
