Derrida's deconstructions attempt to give opposing interpretations of the same text by rhetoric arguments, similar to how lawyers in a court case may argue from the same text, the same set of laws that is, to reach opposite conclusions.

After Lenin's death in 1924, Leninism branched into multiple ( sometimes opposing ) interpretations, including Trotskyism, Stalinism, and Maoism.

The story was used by the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan and the philosopher Jacques Derrida to present opposing interpretations: Lacan's structuralist, Derrida's mystical, depending on deconstructive chance.

Nahmanides countered that Christiani's interpretations were per-se distortions ; the rabbis would not hint that Jesus was Messiah while, at the same time, explicitly opposing him as such.

Since a strict adherence to either of the two sections of the Constitution could yield opposing interpretations, there was, naturally, much disagreement when the matter was first put to the test.

Nahmanides countered that Christiani's interpretations were per-se distortions ; the rabbis would not hint that Jesus was Messiah while, at the same time, explicitly opposing him as such.

These two authors gave the same reason for opposing heliocentrism — namely, contradiction of the Bible — although Nieto merely rejected the new system on those grounds without much passion, whereas Hacohen went so far as to call Copernicus « a first-born of Satan ».

The controversy fractured the Bible Student movement and some congregations split into opposing groups loyal either to Rutherford or those he had expelled.

* A collection of links on the The Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy, mainly from a perspective opposing Gender-Neutral translations.

Arguments about ritualism in the Church of England were often shaped by opposing ( and often unannounced ) attitudes towards the concept of sola scriptura and the nature of the authority of the Bible for Christians.

* Bible passages interpreted as opposing homosexual activity:

This often means that the only individuals who are capable of opposing a character are from his or her family, a fact that leads to much suspicion and intrigue.

Other groups opposing the Trinity are not necessarily Arian.

Colonists who supported the British in opposing the Revolution are usually referred to as " Loyalists " or " Tories ".

The opposing armies are distinguished by the colors of their uniforms: Darius ' army in red and Alexander's in blue.

The name " adversarial system " may be misleading in that it implies it is only within this type of system in which there are opposing prosecution and defense.

Early board games represented a battle between two armies, and most current board games are still based on defeating opposing players in terms of counters, winning position or accrual of points ( often expressed as in-game currency ).

Earned runs stem from the theory that the pitcher has sole responsibility to earn strikes against opposing batter ( s ) until at least three batters are retired in each inning of play, and nine innings ( a complete game ) are pitched.

The opposing armies are made up of reservists, up to 1, 600 in some scenes, who had been given permission to grow beards and swapped their drab uniforms for medieval garb.

Scholars opposing this view claim that while the dagger is unusual, ghosts of murdered victims are more believable, having a basis in the audience's superstitions.

Found within Consolation are themes that have echoed throughout the Western canon: the female figure of wisdom that informs Dante, the ascent through the layered universe that is shared with Milton, the reconciliation of opposing forces that find their way into Chaucer in The Knight's Tale, and the Wheel of Fortune so popular throughout the Middle Ages.

The concepts Yin and Yang represent two opposing forces that are permanently in conflict with each other, leading to perpetual contradiction and change.

There are two opposing pairs of elements: cold vs. fire and lightning vs. acid / poison.

Many theorists suggest that there are two opposing conceptions of citizenship: an economic one, and a political one.

Scholars investigating the cause of civil war are attracted by two opposing theories, greed versus grievance.

As an alternative to a school-sponsored Day of Silence opposing bullying of LGBT students, conservative Christians organized a Golden Rule Initiative, where they passed out cards saying " As a follower of Christ, I believe that all people are created in the image of God and therefore deserve love and respect.

The forces on each side are well-defined, and fight using weapons that primarily target the opposing army.

Some examples of these opposing values are Nazism ( Red Skull, Baron Zemo ), Neo-Nazism ( Crossbones, Doctor Faustus ), technocratic fascism ( AIM, Arnim Zola ), Communism ( Aleksander Lukin ), anarchism ( Flag Smasher and Viper ), and international and domestic terrorism ( HYDRA ).

Strong colors indicate highest and lowest potential ( where the opposing charges of the dipole are located ).

Cyan is zero magnitude, green – yellow – red and blue – pink – red are increasing strengths in opposing directions.

Self and other, private and public, subjective and objective, freedom and control are examples of such pairs demonstrating the influence of this opposing concepts on the development of legal doctrines through history.

Knights are placed on the board in a similar manner to settlements, and can be used to block opposing roads, active or not.

Many championship and bowl games at college and professional level are commemorated by the names of the opposing teams each being painted in one of the opposite end zones.

These three elements formed a mutually supportive combination of tactical roles: the arquebusiers harried the enemy line, the pikemen protected the arquebusiers from enemy cavalry charges, and the men-at-arms, typically armed with swords and javelins, fought off enemy pikemen when two opposing squares made contact.

Among those sects that generally are negative towards these orientations, there are many different types of actions they may take: this can range from quietly discouraging homosexual activity, explicitly forbidding same-sex sexual practices among adherents and actively opposing social acceptance of homosexuality, to execution.

Recent initiatives sponsored by CWA have placed emphasis on opposing programs geared towards LGBT teenagers on the basis that such programs " promote homosexuality ," as well as opposing anti-bullying programs which explicitly mention sexual minority youth, stating that " the radical homosexual lobby has done a masterful job of infiltrating our government schools to gain control of the minds of America ’ s youth.

Lee had a reputation as one of the more conservative MPs in Parliament, and was particularly active in opposing Fran Wilde's homosexual law reform bill.

During this time, he was active in various left-wing-based political causes: opposing the war in Vietnam ; supporting abortion ; and homosexual rights.

While opposing homosexual behavior, the Church reaches out with understanding and respect to individuals who are attracted to those of the same gender.

There are two opposing forces of alters: the Native Alters, a group of Alter users who live outside the central city and avoid any relationships with the government ; and HOLY, an organization of Alter users that are a subgroup of an organization called HOLD.

Since Sapir's death in 1939 linguists have spent their time researching his proposals, and generally there have been two opposing camps in this endeavor: the so-called " lumpers " who are generally favorably inclined towards notions of genetic relationships, and the " splitters " who are generally critical of such proposals expecting successful family relations to be proven by the most rigorous standards of scholarship.

In 1916, during the height of World War I, Frederick Lanchester devised a series of differential equations to demonstrate the power relationships between opposing forces.