Try to answer this question.....Heaven or hell?

**Italianguy** · 01-05-2010

Answer this if you can. This is a question of logic. I did not come up with the question but enjoyed trying to answer it.

PLEASE, if you have already seen this or been asked and know the correct answer do not post it yet. Let us give everyone a fair chance to try to answer it.

Also, please DO NOT Google it for the answer. If you want to, that is up to you, but do not post it. Have fun with this and try to answer it according to what you think is the right answer.

There can be multiple answers, so many of you may be right, but there is only one really logical answer that is the simplest.

Here is the question:

There are two identical doors, each guarded by identical angels. The door to Heaven is guarded by an angel of God who, when asked a question about the door, will always tell the truth. The door to Hell is guarded by an angel of Satan who, when asked a question about the door, will always lie.

You may ask each angel the one identical question about their door, to determine which door is the door to Heaven.

What question would you ask? Remember: God will always tell the truth, Satan will always lie.

Post your answers, I can help a little bit but I will not answer, or say anything until someone is close or has the answer. This is a good one to ask neighbors or family.

God bless.

PLEASE REMEMBER you can only ask each one....the same question(One question for both).....about their doors, the doors only.To determine which one is right.

you can't ask any questions, only about their doors. It's a logic question too, it doesn't have to compete with different faiths veiws.

**Italianguy** · 01-06-2010

Originally Posted by cat eyes

if they are angels of god then there not going to lie cos angels were not created that way at all but humans were born with two intellects to do good and to do bad. angels follow the commands of god and they do not disobey him

well, one is an angel of God, one is not. The angel of God will always tell the truth, the latter will always lie.

**- IqRa -** · 01-06-2010

PM me when someone has the answer, my brain hurts.

**IbnAbdulHakim** · 01-06-2010

*just dont know*

**glo** · 01-06-2010

Originally Posted by IbnAbdulHakim

Question: Who is the lord of the worlds

Angel of God: GOD

Devil: Me ! (or something to that affect).

?

But the devil would lie - therefore his answer would also be GOD!

So if you ask that question, both answers will be the same. The angel of God will say GOD because it is true, the devil because he is a liar!
Either way, you still wouldn't know who is who, and which door is the right one ...

**Abdul Fattah** · 01-06-2010

Italianguy,
I think you didn't understand my post. The original riddle goes:
You're at a forked road, and don't know which road to take. There's two twinbrothers there , both know the directions you need, however you know that one of the identical twins always lies, while the other always tells the truth. you can't tell them apart and you only get one question.
In this version, the answer is to merely ask: "What road would your brother send me on if I asked him for directions?" Both twins will answer the opposite road to the one you're supposed to take.

The difference with this riddle? Since we are told that the angel who guards the door to heaven always tells the truth, and we are told that the angel who guards hell always lies, we can just ask any question. Any question that you already know the answer to will suffice. If you know the answer already, then by comparing their responses to the actual answer you can determine which on lies. Once we determined trough our question which of the two is the liar, then we know that the door that this liar is guarding, is the door to hell.

On another note, both Ardantio and Glo's answers were correct. why did you say they were close, but not right? Their answers totally work, even without the loophole I've just shown.

Glo, I guess what you mean is, if you're telling the truth, but think you are lying, you're still lying. So if the devil thinks he's lord, and wants to lie he'd say that God is lord instead. Although in fairness he could also lie by saying that yet somebody else is lord.

**Italianguy** · 01-07-2010

Originally Posted by Abdul Fattah

Italianguy,
I think you didn't understand my post. The original riddle goes:
You're at a forked road, and don't know which road to take. There's two twinbrothers there , both know the directions you need, however you know that one of the identical twins always lies, while the other always tells the truth. you can't tell them apart and you only get one question.
In this version, the answer is to merely ask: "What road would your brother send me on if I asked him for directions?" Both twins will answer the opposite road to the one you're supposed to take.

The difference with this riddle? Since we are told that the angel who guards the door to heaven always tells the truth, and we are told that the angel who guards hell always lies, we can just ask any question. Any question that you already know the answer to will suffice. If you know the answer already, then by comparing their responses to the actual answer you can determine which on lies. Once we determined trough our question which of the two is the liar, then we know that the door that this liar is guarding, is the door to hell.

On another note, both Ardantio and Glo's answers were correct. why did you say they were close, but not right? Their answers totally work, even without the loophole I've just shown.

Glo, I guess what you mean is, if you're telling the truth, but think you are lying, you're still lying. So if the devil thinks he's lord, and wants to lie he'd say that God is lord instead. Although in fairness he could also lie by saying that yet somebody else is lord.

Try reading again, you cannot just ask any question, There are millions of questions you could ask if that were the case. but it is alomost identical to yours. Sorry brother i didn't see your reply on that.

In any question like this, a question of 1+1 doesn't answer the question the bad angel will always lie, not just simply say the opposite. Plus you aren't allowed to ask that question it has to pertane to the doorways.