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From: Johann Chua <fuuma@nwave.net>
To: <ffml@fanfic.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 12:56 PM
Subject: [FFML] Re: SV: [fanfic][Ranma/GL] Bedlam Fire chapter 1
At 06:42 AM 11/22/00 -0500, James M. Zema wrote:
Satisfied that her flanks were secured, Adalwolfa
raised her fist high and pumped it twice to signal her war-hand
before beginning her advance. Today she was going to finish
the job her warrior-monk great-grandfather
Who obviously didn't really care about his vows.
Which leads us to ask why he became a monk.
The travels? The uniform? The Glamour?
Free bed and board at monasterys all over Europe?
Being a monk does not automatically mean you're celibate, it just
means you live in a monastery and are part of a religious order--
which in turn might or might not have rules about being celibate.
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Or it might just mean temporary celibacy--married men in Thailand who
become monks are celibate _while_ they're monks, not for their whole =
lives.
Not sure if this is applicable to Buddhism in general or just certain =
sects.
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I'm hard-pressed to think of monastic life that _doesn't_ include =
celibacy.
Also the monks that threw Zhang out of Germania was in all probabilities
Christians. I'm no expert on monastic orders but chastity/celibacy is, =
as far as
I know, required for Christian monks and nuns (it would be unfair to the =
priests otherwise). Then again, I don't know about any Christian =
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orders either (The Templars, Hospitalers et al. don't count as monks).
Maybe I should add (before people start commenting on it) that I know =
that
the priests in some denominations are allowed to marry, but these =
denominations
generally don't have monks and nuns.
Let's stop this discussion now before the moderators have to step in.
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Johann Chua, Yuri ML moderator pro tem: =
http://www.egroups.com/group/yuri
CLAMP fan fic archivist: =
http://members.nbci.com/fuuma_monou/clampfix5.0/
"Women ought to run things, as we are friendlier than men, but alas, =
that
is only because we are not allowed to run things." --Joanna =
Russ
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