A joke, oooor is it?

  The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of 
  Toronto 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 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