Jesus wore rags, Religous leaders wear silk.

[Ben Kenobi]

Yo I was at a Catholic wedding last week and it looked like the Priests were taking big gulps of wine. I was like damn do we need a designated driver here or what???

Depends if that was the first mass the priest performed.

They can't leave any of the blood of Christ in the cup.

[Alexander's Horse]

its not wine - tut, tut

[Ted Striker]

What's in there?

[Ben Kenobi]

ah, yes, that is because it is the blood of Christ.

A hasty edit is in order.

[Ted Striker]

I think it is Heineken straight from a tap in the back.

I do like the Our Lady of Guadaloupe statues they have.

They got those in Texas Ben?

[Ben Kenobi]

They have them in Vancouver, there is an icon in the church on campus that has particular significance to me.

I'm sure if they have one in Vancouver that they would have them down in San Antonio.

[Ted Striker]

She is everywhere here. I like the story too.

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Then they did that thing where you turn and shake someone's hand, saying, "peace be with you."

I didn't understand it at first and said, "nice to meet you."

That's perfectly okay Ted - you're a natural

[Ted Striker]

Apparently

[Alexander's Horse]

they introduced it because catholic services are so anonymous and focussed on what is going on up the front

[Ted Striker]

Do you guyz let Aborigenees in yo Catholuc church?

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Not in their loin cloths ted but sure if they put on underwear

[JohnT]

Re: Jesus wore rags, Religous leaders wear silk.

Originally posted by Sn00py

Jesus taught to give up your valuables, but why do so many christians/catholics (religous leaders) wear very expensive clothing, wear make-up, expensive hair cuts, the lot for photo shoots?

Jesus also said to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and render unto God what is God's.

My SUV belongs to neither.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Re: Jesus wore rags, Religous leaders wear silk.

Originally posted by Sn00py
Ok, Jesus didn't exactly wear rags, but his clothing was not exactly top-stuff.

Jesus taught to give up your valuables, but why do so many christians/catholics (religous leaders) wear very expensive clothing, wear make-up, expensive hair cuts, the lot for photo shoots?

Isn't this greed and vain?

From my personal experience, those that do this are most often cultists/extremists. I don't know many Catholic religious leaders at any level that have expensive tastes. All the leaders I've known in my own church, United Church of Christ aka Congregationalist (aka "The Liberal Ones"), have lived modestly, and their housing is provided by the church.

[axi]

Jesus taught to give up your valuables, but why do so many christians/catholics (religous leaders) wear very expensive clothing, wear make-up, expensive hair cuts, the lot for photo shoots?

I'm not exactly a major proponent of greed and ostentatious consumption, but holding up poverty as a positive good always struck me as perverse.

Exactly which religious leaders are rich? Catholic priests own next to nothing. The pay for Protestant priests, preachers and etc. is generally well below the average for someone with a comparable college education. Some parts of the ceremonial vestments may be silk, but the priests and preachers don't own them. You might as well accuse servents of a household that provides a really snazzy livery of being rich.

Thorstein Veblen wrote that priests, regarding ostentious consumption, have exactly the same role as servants of a household wearing an expensive livery; they perform "representative consumption" in the name of their absent Master, declaring in this fashion His greatness. Each sect's "Master" is, down below in the people's subconscious, subject to envious comparison, in which case affluence is equivalent to potency.