Heaven and hell

There are two doors, identical, one leads to heaven, the other to hell. In front of each door is a guard, identical to each other, the guard in front of the door to hell always tells a lie, the guard in front of the door to heaven always tells the truth.

You want choose the right door, you're allowed to ask one question to the gaurds, what do you ask to make sure you choose the right door?

 

I'd hold up 3 fingers and ask how many I was holding up. The one guarding hell would say something other than 3 and I'd walk right on in haha

 

Clever. Just to keep it going, can you edit out your answer?

 

i'd say "fuck heaven; i'm having a purgatory orgy with these guards!"

 

"Is Raz sexy"

 

what color is my hair.

 

I would ask them what the other guard would answer if I asked them what door leads to heaven.

 

How would that work?

 

They will both point to the door of hell and so you know the other door is the door to heaven.

 

bird's answer? just think in your head how each would respond in that situation. it is the original answer to your centuries-old riddle after all; what were you looking for?

 

They can't point.

 

One says heaven, the other says hell..

 

They can in my version.

 

Make it easier for yourself huh

 

OK I looked up the official answer, and it's what bird said, but it still doesn't work, you don't know which one is lying and which is telling the truth.

 

ok yeah that makes sense, the one in front of hell would lie and say the other would say they are in front of hell, the one in front of heaven would tell the truth and say the other would say they're in front of heaven.

That's convoluted, I prefer the "what colour is my hair" type question.

 

Very interesting parable.

 

A riddle is not a parable.

 

I'm confused and still don't get this.

He'd ask what the other one would answer if he asked where is heaven?

Heaven would say: There [door Hell] (because Hell would lie and say it's at door Hell, not Heaven, and Heaven tells the truth).

Hell would say: There [door Hell].

So you'd go with what they didn't say?

 

I liked this riddle when I was 5.