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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lonely Tylenol" data-source="post: 1963246" data-attributes="member: 18549">Ummm...yes.  Yes I do.  Because that's really, really obvious.  But as far as Christian monks go, how many of them jump around kicking people in the head?  The association of the name "monk" with "person who kicks butt" is something peculiar to certain asian schools of thought and practice.  Christian monks didn't punch people much at all (unless you count self-flagellation).  Asian monks sometimes do.  The Shaolin school, in particular, is not only the most well known group of martial-artist monks, but is probably the inspiration for calling the D&D monk a monk, seeing as how they're COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from Christian monks.So when I say that the name "monk" is an asian concept, it becomes clear what I mean as soon as you notice that the class does not involve people who do a lot of sitting around praying in habits, but rather punching people a lot and focusing their ki.  But I had assumed that this would be completely obvious to anyone who happened to read the thread.  Apparently, I was mistaken.To clarify, what I meant was that by calling the class "monk," it obviously refers to an Asian-style monk because Christian monks don't do the D&D monk shtick.  So the name itself carries that far-East baggage that people have a problem with.</blockquote>