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BBC | 8/11/2017 | email

Posted on 08/11/2017 6:09:27 AM PDT by sodpoodle

Bible Study

In this crazy political season I decided a little religion might be appropriate so here is a short Bible study.

Remember what Jesus said: 'Goats on the left, sheep on the right' (Matthew 25:33).

Jesus also told Peter that if he wanted to catch fish do it from the right side of the boat. They did and filled the boat with fish. John 21:6 (NIV) ... He said, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish."

Origin of Left & Right...I have often wondered why it is that Conservatives are called the right" and Liberals are called the "left".

By chance I stumbled upon this verse in the Bible: Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV) - "The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Thus sayeth the Lord. Amen.

It surely can't get any simpler than that.

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From: BBC.co.uk: The modern handshake

The traditional greeting as we know it today is believed to have come from when people used to use swords for fighting. People would carry them in a case, called a scabbard, on their left side. This meant they could draw their sword with their right hand, if it was needed. Shaking hands, which is traditionally done with your right hand, became a friendly greeting because it was proof that you came in peace and weren't holding a weapon. It was also a sign of trust that you believed the other person wasn't going to take their sword out to fight you either!

In Rome, and other societies of the time, the word for a left handed person signified evil or untrustworthy.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: geezers; left; right
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1 posted on 08/11/2017 6:09:27 AM PDT by sodpoodle
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To: sodpoodle

Well, God works in mysterious ways ...

The political notion of Left and Right really comes from the French Revolution and the Tennis Court Oath. At an assembly, which took place on a tennis court, half of the revolutionaries were really radical and wanted to kill the King and overturn everything — they occupied the Left side of the court. The other revolutionaries were less radical and were prepared to accept a constitutional monarchy — they occupied the Right side of the court.

The French Revolution was, I think, the first real socialist revolution. People are aware of the aristocracy being led to the guillotine, but many are not aware of how much the revolutionaries hated the clergy. The French Revolution was strongly against Christianity. The Left has been fighting God from the very beginning.

Perhaps this was all foreshadowed in the Bible.


2 posted on 08/11/2017 6:17:26 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Great post. Learned something again;)


3 posted on 08/11/2017 6:21:33 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: sodpoodle

Slight correction to myself — The Left and Right was a feature of the National Assembly of the French Revolution (support the king / don’t support the king) but was not specifically tied to the Tennis Court Oath which was more of a revolutionary solidarity statement of general togetherness.


4 posted on 08/11/2017 6:24:17 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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To: sodpoodle
In Rome, and other societies of the time, the word for a left handed person signified evil or untrustworthy.

To the best of my knowledge, there are at least two languages where the word for "left (handed)" doesn't have a negative connotation. One is Greek, ἀριστερά aristera, from which the word "aristocrat" comes. The other is Japanese, 左 hidari, which I once read somewhere is a reference, in the original reading (not the kanji character), to the rising sun on one's left when facing south.

5 posted on 08/11/2017 6:44:02 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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6 posted on 08/11/2017 6:44:22 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: chajin

****the rising sun on one’s left when facing south***

That’s why I like to face North - and my sun rises on my right:)

True - because I get disoriented very easily.


7 posted on 08/11/2017 6:52:51 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: sodpoodle
FWIW, the majority of seiners, would-wide even, I think, "set" their net circling to the left.

If using a throw-net I could see that right-handers, if they preferred facing forward instead of aft, could possibly have preferred casting the net over the left-hand (port) side, and that have become something of a tradition.

With right-hand screw propelled vessels -- the bow (front end) of the boat tends to naturally swing to the left thus typically requiring a bit "right" rudder to continually counter-act the natural effect of the blades acting differently upon the water (in final result) with a lot of that due to shaft angle (typically at least some amount of downward angle if considered looking aft along the shaft) and the rest being the water further away from the hull is more successfully thrown to the side opposite the descending blade (resulting in more force (of water? can I say 'force of water'?) being thrown to starboard.

Right hand screws will typically back the stern towards the left (port side) too.

I just went and looked it up. They call it propeller walk. I think that may have been a factor for why seiners most usually are rigged to circle to the left, and 'dry up' the net on the left (port side) of the boat.

Modern West Coast squid seiners will often have what they call a "dryer" on the starboard side, but that's for separating the water from the squid (or sardines, anchovies, mackerel, and sometime herring when further North) and so is term for a different "drying".

8 posted on 08/11/2017 7:06:48 AM PDT by BlueDragon (if I'd had seen 'em breezin', I woulda' set)
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To: BlueDragon

woops, I meant “world-wide” not would wide.


9 posted on 08/11/2017 7:21:42 AM PDT by BlueDragon (if I'd had seen 'em breezin', I woulda' set)
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To: sodpoodle
That’s why I like to face North - and my sun rises on my right:)...I get disoriented very easily.

Well, Japanese are never disoriented, and that's no occident :-)

I think it had something to do with the emperor facing south when he plants rice seedlings in the spring, one of those royal duties (cf. here), but I wouldn't bet the house on it.

If it's any consolation, the former Mrs C had a similar issue with having to think through directions, and she claimed it was because she never crawled as a toddler before walking, which seemed a reasonable explanation at the time.

10 posted on 08/11/2017 7:31:58 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: sodpoodle
Here's the link about the emperor planting rice: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170523/p2a/00m/0na/003000c
11 posted on 08/11/2017 7:34:12 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: sodpoodle

Wasn’t Obama a lefty?


12 posted on 08/11/2017 8:13:04 AM PDT by Guardian Sebastian
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To: sodpoodle
That’s why I like to face North - and my sun rises on my right:)

Only at the equator. Otherwise...it's askew.

13 posted on 08/11/2017 9:27:34 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

More ‘lefty righty’ info:
https://www.leaf.tv/articles/what-finger-does-the-wedding-ring-go-on/

The traditional ring finger wasn’t chosen at random. Ancient beliefs, thought to be rooted in Egyptian culture, presented the notion that a vein ran straight from your left-hand ring finger to your heart, also on the left side of your body. The ancient Greeks and Romans carried the belief on, dubbing the vein the vena amoris, or “vein of love.” Placing a ring on this finger, the one with the strongest link to the heart, made for a powerful romantic symbol. While no hard historical data supports these speculated beliefs, their stories inspire western newlyweds to carry on the tradition.


14 posted on 08/11/2017 1:42:33 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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