The Church used to teach that left handedness was evil- the work of the devil, and would literally beat it out of children at school (my mum, for example- the nuns would slap her hands with a metal ruler until she could write right handed).How come you have to write a cross with your right hand and not your left?
It's just another Christian way to control your life.
When you find out, try to figure out how many fingers you must use to cross yourself. You are describing a problem that led to many deaths in Russia over questions posed the Greek Orthodox Church.
I'm pretty sure it's because somewhere in the bible it says jesus is sits on gods right side. Actually I'm almost positive that's what it means. And since the cross is the symbol used to represent Jesus that's most likely why.
There a long history on this but essentially it is an out growth of the usual practice of making the Sign of the Cross with the right hand.
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