So... where and when is something happening for our resident party animal Percy?

From "Applied Optics" Vol. 11, (1972), Page A14, found at Is Heaven hotter than Hell?:


The temperatures of Heaven and of Hell are not given specifically in the Bible. That may be because the various temperature scales ~ Fahrenheit, Celsius, Rankin and Kelvin, were not created by the 1st century CE. However, there is sufficient data available to calculate the temperature of Heaven. The maximum temperature of Hell can also be determined.

Heaven's temperature:

Isaiah 30:26 states: "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."

One individual interpreted this passage as meaning that the radiation received by Heaven from the sun is 7 times 7 or 49 times as much as the earth does today. 1 Added to that is the contribution of the moon which would equal the present amount that the earth receives from the sun. Thus Heaven would receive (49 + 1) or 50 times the radiation as the earth does today.

The Stefan-Boltzmann law for radiation links the temperature of an object with the amount of radiation received. It would predict that the temperature of heaven would be 498 degrees Celsius hotter than the earth is currently. Thus heaven would be about 525 °C or 977 °F.

However, this temperature would only be the "steady-state" temperature. Presumably Heaven was created shortly after Earth so that it would be ready for its first inhabitants: Abel, Adam and Eve.

Revelation 21:17 says that the walls of New Jerusalem are 144 cubits thick. This is about 66 meters or 216 feet. Such a thick wall would be an effective insulator. Heaven would thus have taken many months to reach its equilibrium temperature. But it presumably has reached about 525 °C today.

Hell's Temperature: Revelation 21:8 states

"But the fearful, and unbelieving ... shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone."

Brimstone is sulphur. In order for sulphur to be molten, its temperature must be at or below 444.6 °C or 832 °F.

Thus heaven is at least 80 °C or 145 °F hotter than Hell.

see... the thing is, Frank Cho hasn't stopped doing comics, and The Journal certainly never dropped his strip. All of you are presuming that his work is still syndicate, and it's not: he started publishing independently a couple years back, and if you would like to keep up with his comics after he dropped from the syndicate I suggest you head over to your local comic shop and pick up his comic books.

And in other news, President Bush is slated to announce his intentions for a new space program in order to do the following: reinvigorate NASA, stamp out the Chinese threat, divert attention from his farce of an illegal war, and bolster his number of supporters come next election. Unfortunately, whether or not the program succeeds is very likely of no concern to him. But at the very least this is an incredibly important step in the right direction. It is rumoured that he will announce a 10-year plan to send mankind to Mars, as well as reinstitute our presence on the moon with a permament base facility.

Meanwhile, the Spirit Mars-lander appears to be somewhat stuck, having caught itself in it's own deflated airbag system; scientists are attempting to tackle the problem. However, despite this 'temporary' setback it continues to relay a very nice view from it's stationary vantage point. The postcards are appreciated.

No one here?

if ernie comes- will he bring his rubber duckie? - Rubber duckies are fun :)

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Your name isn't Mercy it is Percy!

Mercy.

Congratulation Bella for surviving 100 years. Not many beings can claim this honour since the weak are quickly taken care of... ummm... yeah...

If Chuckee Cheese is too kiddy we can always comprimise and go to Reds... Can I bring Ernie?

well Paras, I am sure you will be happy to know that, at least
according to my 1710 page tome of a dictionary (bigger may not
be better, but apparently it is righter (more right)), exactitude
IS a word. It's right there on page 483. Now we can all sleep
at night.

But the real reason for my post is that I took my dog to the vet
today (she has an infection in her ear) and there was a chart on the
wall where your dog's age in 'dog years' is calculated according to
their weight. (large dogs have a much shorter life span than small
dogs). The highest category was 55 lbs and over (Belle is 78) which
informed me that at age 11 my dog will be approximately 100 dog years
old. And Belle's 11th birthday is this Sunday. So there you go.