By Jim on
Church & Ministry
Dressing Up

Why I Still Wear A Tie To Church

Discussion

Sun, 03/01/15

What is unhygienic about a tie?

Sun, 03/01/15

When pastors, elders, and average male church goers are physicians, then we can worry about it.

I think you all just can’t handle anything that remotely “smells like” tradition. Throw it all out!

Sun, 03/01/15

Bibles carry pathogens, too. Think about it - when was the last time you gave your Bible a good scrubbing down?

  • Think of all the awful pathogens it carries around.
  • Think of how long you’ve had it!
  • Think of how long you’ve carried it back and forth between church and home!
  • Think of all the times it’s fallen on the floor in the backseat amongst the wrapper and … stuff that usually accumulates on the floor
  • Think of that time you were sitting through the sermon, thumbing through your Bible at church after using the restroom and discovering they were out of soap!
  • Consider the germs you’re spreading by your irresponsible Bible carrying habit!
  • Oh, the humanity!

I say we ditch Bibles altogether - the pathogens are too risky.

Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.

Sun, 03/01/15

The churches and Christian schools I served in required me to wear a tie. I have glaucoma. My new occupation doesn’t require a tie nor does my church. My eyesight has been saved!

"Some things are of that nature as to make one's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache." John Bunyan

Sun, 03/01/15

That’s why I go barefoot … even in the winter time!

How Dirty Are Your Shoes?

In a recent study, researchers at the University of Arizona found nine different species of bacteria on people’s shoes. These types of bacteria can cause infections in our stomachs, eyes and lungs. The study also found bacteria live longer on our shoes than in other places. As we walk, we constantly pick up new debris that feeds the growth of more bacteria. The researchers tested to see if bacteria on shoes would transfer to the tile floors in a house. More than 90 percent of the time it did. Carpeting harbors bacteria even more.

Seriously I don’t care whether someone wears a tie to church

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Jim's Doctrinal Statement

Sun, 03/01/15

Cas are also full of pathogens. So are the pews at church. So are the hymnals. Away with them!

Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.

Sun, 03/01/15

The deep research behind the article.

The author says … (the first sentence … mind you!)

In an age when shorts, sweatpants, and bare midriff (sometimes all at the same time) are considered acceptable attire for most churches,

I’m guessing he had his researchers fan out across America …. yeah the entire world … to find out that churches do not have a policies in place prohibiting shorts, sweatpants, and or (wait for it) bare midriffs. I’m sure he wrote to 4th Baptist Church and discovered that even in our bulletin set today was our church covenant … AND indeed there is NO prohibition on bare midriffs. And like most churches we actually have people in the pews dressed like this … (note the cross … these guys are real worshippers!)

And the author’s solution to this pressing problem is … to NOT “stand out like a wooly mammoth” by wearing a tie!

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Jim's Doctrinal Statement

Sun, 03/01/15

“It is seldom that we in America get to suffer anything for the Saviour who suffered so much for us. The least I can do (and I mean the least) is to honor suffer for Him by ” tying a cloth around our neck and pulling it as tight as we can until we are blue in the face.

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Sun, 03/01/15

[TylerR]

Bibles carry pathogens, too. Think about it - when was the last time you gave your Bible a good scrubbing down?

  • Think of all the awful pathogens it carries around.
  • Think of how long you’ve had it!
  • Think of how long you’ve carried it back and forth between church and home!
  • Think of all the times it’s fallen on the floor in the backseat amongst the wrapper and … stuff that usually accumulates on the floor
  • Think of that time you were sitting through the sermon, thumbing through your Bible at church after using the restroom and discovering they were out of soap!
  • Consider the germs you’re spreading by your irresponsible Bible carrying habit!
  • Oh, the humanity!

I say we ditch Bibles altogether - the pathogens are too risky.

Humorous, but irrelevant.
Generally you don’t eat or breath in constant proximity to your Bible, car, hymnal, etc..
Furthermore, the materials of a Bible generally aren’t fabric, so it doesn’t give germs so easy purchase.
My objections to ties are mostly tongue-in-cheek, but I truly do wish fashion would move on. They’re a nuisance.

Sun, 03/01/15

There are few fabrics that you cannot wash in cold water. I have a little laundry bag that zips up. You put a tie or two in there and wash. No problem. Just don’t put it in the drier.

Sun, 03/01/15

I think you are tying that knot a little too tight… :-)

I have never been uncomfortable in a shirt with the right neck size and a tie. I don’t get the aversion. I love it.