{"id":394,"date":"2006-06-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2006\/06\/monks-and-world-cup-soccer-don.html"},"modified":"2006-06-26T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-26T12:00:00","slug":"monks-and-world-cup-soccer-don","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2006\/06\/monks-and-world-cup-soccer-don.html","title":{"rendered":"Monks and World Cup Soccer Don’t Mix!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Were your weekend\u2019s activities planned around exciting (and some ho-hum) World Cup soccer elimination matches<\/a>? Mine were, and happily, here in the U.S. I had the benefit of daytime broadcasts from Germany. And though my biggest problem was fighting for television rights with my almost three-year-old daughter, I realize there are much worse problems that can come from a World Cup obsession.<\/p>\n

Like the threat of being defrocked.<\/p>\n

Seems World Cup soccer is cramping the religious style of some Buddhist monks in Thailand. IBN Live reports that monks who have been staying up past midnight <\/a>to catch the soccer matches have missed collecting morning alms the next day.<\/p>\n

So is it really that big a deal? I admit to rushing through prayers on a commercial break during a crucial match! But I guess rushing through individual prayer and sleeping through religious obligations to the public have different consequences. Nearly 40,000 Cambodian monks, next door to Thailand, have been threatened with defrocking if they become too excited while watch ing the games.<\/p>\n

Phnom Penh patriarch Non Nget told Reuters that if the monks \u201cmake noise or cheer as they watch, they will lose their monkhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not make noise or cheer as they watch World Cup soccer? Not being able to join in \u201cGod Save the Queen\u201d along with rabid English fans? Not being able to sing \u201cOle, ole, ole!\u201d when Brazil\u2019s Ronaldinho<\/a> makes his incredible moves? Not being able to scream \u201cGoooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!\u201d any time any team scores a goal?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m praying that these monks are made of strong stuff. I\u2019m sure they must be. Perhaps they know a way to internalize boisterous soccer enthusiasm. And if they do, I\u2019d sure like to learn how. Then I won\u2019t have to hear my daughter say, \u201cNo Mamma, no soccer. You\u2019re too loud!\u201d<\/p>\n

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