Don't expect that the vague notions about how things are with the culture and the world that one gets in the course of normal life will ultimately prove veridical, or even useful, in ultimate questions. That's not what those ideas are there for. They are the pocket bakshish for incidental purchases during the day. In matters involving the judgment of others, things are different -- if someone seems a justified outcast or a wrongdoer by those ideas alone, it might be wise not to wager too much on the question.
