What is the meaning of left vs right

[David T]

I posted this in the theological forum because it developed as a theological reading of the bible.

The Latin adjectivesinister/sinistra/sinistrum originally meant "left" but took on meanings of "evil" or "unlucky" by the Classical Latin era, and this double meaning survives in European derivatives of Latin, and in the English word "sinister".

Lots of biased inference is required for a culture to develop such nonsense. But then again at one time i am sure it would have been seen as fact. Scientifically even.

Actually in my unbiased view left should mean always more correcter than right. And right should mean accidently correct occasionally. But hey i have a confirmational bias as well.

 

[David1967]

To me it depends on where your middle is.

 

[Nakosis]

I posted this in the theological forum because it developed as a theological reading of the bible.

The Latin adjectivesinister/sinistra/sinistrum originally meant "left" but took on meanings of "evil" or "unlucky" by the Classical Latin era, and this double meaning survives in European derivatives of Latin, and in the English word "sinister".

Lots of biased inference is required for a culture to develop such nonsense. But then again at one time i am sure it would have been seen as fact. Scientifically even.

Actually in my unbiased view left should mean always more correcter than right. And right should mean accidently correct occasionally. But hey i have a confirmational bias as well.

As in Left Hand Path?

In my view Left is less authoritarian Right is more authoritarian.

On the left, "right" is more a matter of personal views. While on the right "right" is determined by someone who is seen as having authority to make this determination.

 

[David T]

As in Left Hand Path?

In my view Left is less authoritarian Right is more authoritarian.

On the left, "right" is more a matter of personal views. While on the right "right" is determined by someone who is seen as having authority to make this determination.

Indeed its all subjective. It is funny how "theologically" it developed up through latin,

 

[sun rise]

As in Left Hand Path?

In my view Left is less authoritarian Right is more authoritarian.

On the left, "right" is more a matter of personal views. While on the right "right" is determined by someone who is seen as having authority to make this determination.

It's at least 2 dimensional. There is an authoritarian left and a libertarian right.

 

[Nakosis]

It's at least 2 dimensional. There is an authoritarian left and a libertarian right.

In terms of religion?

 

[sun rise]

In terms of religion?

Great question. I've always seen "left" and "right" as political terms not religious ones so I automatically responded in a political way.

For example, take evangelical Christians. Some welcome immigrants, even illegal ones, based on their reading of gospel. Some do the opposite.

Even the word "authoritarian" is not one I consider to be religious. The same church has different focuses under different pope with no change in the authority of the papacy.

 

[Nakosis]

Great question. I've always seen "left" and "right" as political terms not religious ones so I automatically responded in a political way.

For example, take evangelical Christians. Some welcome immigrants, even illegal ones, based on their reading of gospel. Some do the opposite.

Even the word "authoritarian" is not one I consider to be religious. The same church has different focuses under different pope with no change in the authority of the papacy.

I was just curious. Just wondering if there was an authoritarian LHP movement. Kind of suspected your response was from a political perspective but didn't want to assume.

Looks like I was wrong about it anyway.

In more recent definitions, which base themselves on the terms' origins in Indian Tantra, the Right-Hand Path, or RHP, is seen as a definition for those magical groups that follow specific ethical codes and adopt social convention, while the Left-Hand Path adopts the opposite attitude, espousing the breaking of taboo and the abandoning of set morality.
Left-hand path and right-hand path - Wikipedia

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Just wondering if there was an authoritarian LHP movement.

Yes, there are neo-Nazi Satanist groups.

 

[Jumi]

Actually in my unbiased view left should mean always more correcter than right. And right should mean accidently correct occasionally. But hey i have a confirmational bias as well.

Sounds like Taoism to me. DDJ verse 31

 

[David T]

Sounds like Taoism to me. DDJ verse 31

You know jumi that text magically materialized in my lap at the deepest hour of my darkness in my life. It set my foot in correct alignment and said "you are ok walk this way" .

There are three ancients i hold important. Lao Tzu, to the far east, Buddha in the central, and Heraclitus in the west. All three lived at the same time or extremely close to each other. The Tao led me to the others. Its not that i have massively invested tons of reading into them, its that all three harmonized for me as i followed the rising sun from the east to the west.

It was "oh the Tao, oh buddha, oh heraclitus," till i ended up on mount neahkanie on the oregon coast, and finally arrived and looked out beyound the borders "oh thats what they mean." simple and Strange stuff difficult to express.

 

[david-david]

I posted this in the theological forum because it developed as a theological reading of the bible.

The Latin adjectivesinister/sinistra/sinistrum originally meant "left" but took on meanings of "evil" or "unlucky" by the Classical Latin era, and this double meaning survives in European derivatives of Latin, and in the English word "sinister".

Lots of biased inference is required for a culture to develop such nonsense. But then again at one time i am sure it would have been seen as fact. Scientifically even.

Actually in my unbiased view left should mean always more correcter than right. And right should mean accidently correct occasionally. But hey i have a confirmational bias as well.

Being a 'Liberal', or 'left' can be good.

Isaiah 32:8 "But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand."


But in today's time, things are changing. Soon Liberals will require more dutiful responsibilities in keeping with accountability.

Isaiah 32:5 "The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful."


And soon, Proverbs 11:25 "The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself."

 

[Neutral Name]

I posted this in the theological forum because it developed as a theological reading of the bible.

The Latin adjectivesinister/sinistra/sinistrum originally meant "left" but took on meanings of "evil" or "unlucky" by the Classical Latin era, and this double meaning survives in European derivatives of Latin, and in the English word "sinister".

Lots of biased inference is required for a culture to develop such nonsense. But then again at one time i am sure it would have been seen as fact. Scientifically even.

Actually in my unbiased view left should mean always more correcter than right. And right should mean accidently correct occasionally. But hey i have a confirmational bias as well.

Ok, so left was sinister but that is just an ancient belief. I would have to research to see why. My sister is a lefty and they tried to teach her to write right handed. That is evil. Left and right are no different.

 

[Ebionite]

The Latin adjectivesinister/sinistra/sinistrum originally meant "left" but took on meanings of "evil" or "unlucky" by the Classical Latin era, and this double meaning survives in European derivatives of Latin, and in the English word "sinister".

A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Ecclesiastes 10:2

Being a 'Liberal', or 'left' can be good.

Liberal and leftist are different political ideologies. Liberals are accommodating, but leftists advocate change.

 

[Joshua Pryce]

The difference between left and right comes from muscle contractions and brain control. This is why people can use opposite hands.

 

[Sand Dancer]

It's at least 2 dimensional. There is an authoritarian left and a libertarian right.

We are talking religion, not politics. This doesn't hold true politically though, as there is the Libertarian Left. Few are truly Libertarian in both the fiscal and social areas.