Comments on: World’s Worst Dressed Priests

By: RS

RS — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:06:50 +0000

While some of the examples were clearly situations where the ordained ministers should have put their feet down (e.g., the clown “mass”), part of being “a member of all families yet belonging to none” is that sometimes your spiritual children have immature or bad taste, yet you have to wear what they make for you, because they are your children. In other words, a lot of these are the church equivalent of the bad ties that show up at offices right after Christmas and Fathers’ Day.

Now, whether it’s more shameful that the clergy of the churches involved have bad taste or that the women’s sewing circles do, I’m not sure.

By: ahem

ahem — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:21:44 +0000

“This will sound bad, but what self-respecting American male, who grew up playing sports, would trust people dressed like this with their spiritual lives?”

Apparently about 50% of the Amaerican voting public.

By: Pastor Spomer

Pastor Spomer — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:13:51 +0000

I may be a contender for “Worst Dressed Priest” but not while in vestments.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:31:51 +0000

This will sound bad, but what self-respecting American male, who grew up playing sports, would trust people dressed like this with their spiritual lives? Or even take advice on life from them? I know there may not be a logical contradiction, but I cannot imagine a normal masculine guy respecting these people – and that includes me. No wonder they are losing members left and right.

By: Thomas S

Thomas S — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:51:35 +0000

Wouldn’t you have to actually be a priest before qualifying for “World’s Worst-Dressed Priest”?

By: Ellyn

Ellyn — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:58:47 +0000

And here I’d been laboring under the delusion that those “Children of the World” vestments were as bad as it gets. Someone get the eye soap…