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A true story.

A thermodynamics professor had written a take-home exam for his graduate
students.  It had one question:

Is Hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with a proof.

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
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.

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.

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.