What if both sides are wrong?

There are people that get fired up about their beliefs. Their passion, excitement and enthusiasm often pull other people magnetically, almost magically, into their cause. Now, to be fair, the performance of most great works requires this kind of energy and exuberance to get past all the naysayers and obstacles that come up along the way.

But not every great idea is right and some causes are things that people really should think about rather than just allowing themselves to be swept up by the whirlwind as it passes them by.

Following this are three examples of things where both sides might be wrong and where people are often willing to fight to the death to defend their beliefs. If it turns out that you are in the wrong, yet you give your life for the thing you believed in, would that not be a waste of your life?

First let's take a look at war. Nearly every war that has ever happened has occurred as a result of two opposing ideas. Each side believes that their side is right and will commit every resource at their disposal to the fight for their belief. Although it is often not spoken out loud both sides truly believe that if they are right and their cause is just, then their side will win. But the fact of the matter is that a superior force with better equipment and strategies, with the more favorable ground will almost always win, regardless of who is actually right.

Also, I wonder if it is possible for the same god to be on both sides of a war. There have been a great number of battles where the religious leaders on both sides, praying to the same god, have "blessed" their sides weapons and efforts.

Then there is a matter which has caused a great deal of controversy in schools across America. Evolution vs Creation. Creationists believe in a single omnipresent being that created all things as the reason for our universe and everything in it. More specifically they believe that this Earth and all the life upon it exist as a direct result of this being's hand.

Evolutionists believe that a certain extremely unlikely set of circumstances occurred at one point that brought about the first life on our planet and that through the process of evolution all life that we have today has come into being.

There isn't enough evidence to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt either theory. This is the only planet that we know of for sure that definitely does have life upon it. So in that, the creationists may be right. And there is actually evidence that as natural environments change, within a certain number of generations, the wildlife in those environments begin to change. There is evidence that evolution is happening in the world today.

What if they are both wrong and both right? Maybe God did create the world and then automated the process of it updating to include new forms as necessary through evolution.

And last but not least we have the big business owner and the average laborer. Each sees things through his own bottom line, the almighty dollar. Each one believes the other to be his nemesis and grudgingly gives the least he possibly can to get the most out of the other. The business man sees that the more he spends on his labor force the less profits he gets to keep for himself. The common laborer does the least amount of work that he can get away with and still get paid.

Both points of view are wrong because they are entirely selfish and offer no reason for the other person to act differently than they are. Would you as a laborer be more likely to give more and better effort to an employer who saw his people as the important driving force behind his profits, especially if that employer paid you more than the average amount for the work you do? And would you not, as a business owner, be more inclined to do and give more for your employees if they put in their best performance at all times and showed that they appreciated the opportunity that you provided for them?