How can you know who is right in a controversy?

Question

You died and went to God for judgment. Upon weighing your soul in the scales of worthiness, you're found to be so balanced between good and evil that not even the Almighty can decide whether you should spend eternity in Heaven or in Hell. So He sends you back to Earth and gives you a test to determine your merits.

The test is to determine which of two groups of people, vociferously and violently opposed to each other on a political controvery, is in the right. God tells you that one side is right, while the other side is wrong, but He doesn't give you a clue about which is which.

You have your own political beliefs, of course.  But now an incorrect answer to God will send you to Hell for an eternity of torment, and you dare not base your answer on your preconceived opinions.

Now, temporarily reincarnated, you're in the crowd listening to a debate between spokesmen for the opposing sides. Each calls the other "ignorant." How do you find out who the "ignorant" group really is?

valkyria · Accepted Answer

Do your own research and make your decision based on that.  Just be sure to stick to the facts and not your own preconceived notions or personal experiences.

Anonymous · Answer

Although the question is preposterous, it can be answered definitively.  First, if the controversy is over an issue of fact, the proper answer can be determined by experiment.  If the controversy is over some moral precept, then the test to use is which proposition is more beneficial to the society as a whole.  The theory of evolution applies to societies as well as species, and this is a place to apply it.

Anonymous · Answer

What is the reference point to determine this?

I would base it on God's own words and see who follows that cloler

SPLATT · Answer

The side that supports the concept of personal responsibility is usually right.  

Read this.  I'd put my soul on the LRH.

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