Breaking news, everyone! (Okay, well, actually, 2009 news.) Apparently the temperature of Hell has been PROVED to be 285 degrees Fahrenheit! How was this fact proved? you might ask. Well, I have no idea, but theologian Dr. Stanford Brice has done it! See the following article (http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/12259/temperature-of-hell/).
He says, “I certainly don’t want to overstate the importance of my research. But I think people deserve to know what they’re getting into if they don’t live the good life that will ensure their entry into heaven.” Thank you, Dr. Brice.
The article goes on to describe Brice’s method (which to me doesn’t seem like it actually proves anything, but I’m no expert): he found a bunch of religious texts and saw that they claimed the temperature of Hell was like that of a rock in fire. So Brice heated up some rocks with fire, took their average temperature, and viola—he found the EXACT temperature of Hell. Amazing.
I feel like Dante would be pretty sad to hear this news, because it directly contradicts what he claims in his Inferno—that Hell gets colder and colder the lower the circle. Hmm.
Isaiah 30:26 on Heaven: "Moreover, the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold as the light of seven days." Wow, that sounds almost as hot as New Orleans in the summer!
So according to the Internet (http://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/7332-heaven-hotter-than-hell.html), Heaven is 798°K (525°C or 977°F).
Revelation 21:8: "But the fearful, and unbelieving ... shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone.” Therefore, Hell is below 446.6 degrees Celsius…which is “colder” than Heaven supposedly is!
So, wait…was Dante…wrong??? No, no, that can’t be. Dante was SUCH a great guy—one of the best poets who’d ever lived (source: Dante)…Dante could never make such a mistake. So I guess… the Bible and, more shockingly, Dr. Brice…were wrong. Oh, well. I guess those five years of research that Dr. Brice did were all for naught.
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Dante could do no wrong, it seems. I mean he's SO modest, right? For the exact temperature of hell to be proven is amazing in itself, it's even cooler that this dude came to a conclusion in 5 years. I mean we're talking about something out of this world, something intangible to humans because we're not dead. Though I respect Dante and his ideas and beliefs, imma take Dr. Brice's word for it. Maybe.
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