Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law
or some variant. One student, however, wrote
the following:
"First, we postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some mass.
If they do, then a mole of souls can also
have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into hell and at what
rate are souls 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 souls 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 there are
more than one of these religions and people do
not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people
and 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 in volume in hell. Boyle's Law states
that in order for the temperature and
pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and
volume needs to stay constant.
1. So, 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, than the temperature and
pressure will drop until hell freezes over.
So which is it? If we accept the postulate given me by Therese Banyan
during our freshman year, and take into
account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations
with her, then # 2 cannot be true, and hell
is exothermic."