Funny Story about Hell if True

I normally do not post a forwarded email, but this was 
really funny if true

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington 

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 Teresa 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, Teresa kept 

shouting "Oh my God."

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY A