Posted on 11/30/2004 6:21:11 PM PST by betty boop
I find it particularly interesting that the tree is in the center of Paradise and also in the center of the garden of Eden (Rev 2:7 and Gen 2:9)!
Great link. Thanks.
I do, too. Alamo-Girl! But there's a kind of analogy there to the "Alpha and Omega" aspect of the Son of God, the Logos, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Beginning and the End "in Whom all live and move and have their being"....
I've noticed that this thread seems to have gone moribund. Perhaps it's time and would be fitting to say the last rites. :^)
So I'll take for my text a communication from Linda Bridges to William F. Buckley, Jr., that was reprinted in the “notes & asides” section of the January 31, 2005 edition of National Review:
The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry midterm. The answer by one student struck the professor as worth sharing with colleagues, via the Internet, which is why we 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 into 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 on Hell before I sleep with you,” and take into account that I slept with her last night, then Number 2 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.”
finis
Thanks to everyone for your participation in this amazingly instructive and insightful conversation. Especially to you, Alamo-Girl! The research you bring to the table is state-of-the-art; the spirit in which you bring it is sublime. My deepest thanks, dear sister.
LOL. I read that in NR (but something similar has been floating around the web for years.)
My deepest thanks to you, my dear sister betty boop! This is the best science/philosophy thread I've ever seen on Free Republic. A lot of new information was uncovered and the dialogue was respectful throughout. Kudos to you!!!
Thank you also for the personal encouragements (blushing here...)
I visited my sister in the hospital in Gaithersburg MD today.
She is 43 years old.
She gave birth to a 8 pound baby girl yesterday
named Emma Ruth
43 is old to be having babies.
Emma Ruth almost didn't make it.
It was a very close call and
my sister's eyes turned very wide and blue
when she told me the details.
Then we talked about our mother who is getting frail until
that topic got old. I got up to leave.
As I left my sister's room I turned
and said "Thank You Lord."
My sister said, "Yeah, really."
We we both hushed.
Consider it done, The SISU kid! It's funny, but I've been visiting FR for going on 7 years now, but have never maintained a "formal" ping list. But I'm getting one organized now, and I'll definitely include you. Thanks!
Congratulations to your sister, ckilmer!!! And God bless little Emma Ruth!
Must be some kind of "urban legend" by now, Tribune! I thought the student's reply was most imaginative, ingenious -- and uproariously funny! (How to have fun with science!) :^) Thanks for writing!
“However,” the professor continued, “there is no language in which a double positive can form a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, Right.”
8^)
Thank you!!
Yeah. Right. Hahahahahaha!!! Thanks, The SISU kid!
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