Anonymous wrote:Certain groups of people have "nice" clothes and are fine wearing them to church.

Maybe church leaders figured out there are lots of other people who either don't always have freshly laundered nice clothes, struggle with depression and it's an effort to just throw something on, or groups who aren't comfortable wearing "nice" clothes, but attend church much more often if they can be comfortable.

It was probably a wise decision to ease up on the dress expectations and welcome everyone to come as you are. More people in the pews to hear the preaching and not to mention, more offerings.

My friend attends an evangelical church with a band. Last week I checked the livestream to see if they were done and one guitar guy was wearing shorts, t-shirt and flipflops. No one seemed to mind, so I don't think God did either.

I have MDD and so do lots of my family members. Turns out people have struggled with depression for a very long time. Guess what? Until the modern era, they still put on presentable clothing just to go grocery shopping. And definitely to go to church.

People with depression are not compelled to dress like slobs. It's a copout.

Certain groups of people have "nice" clothes and are fine wearing them to church.

Maybe church leaders figured out there are lots of other people who either don't always have freshly laundered nice clothes, struggle with depression and it's an effort to just throw something on, or groups who aren't comfortable wearing "nice" clothes, but attend church much more often if they can be comfortable.

It was probably a wise decision to ease up on the dress expectations and welcome everyone to come as you are. More people in the pews to hear the preaching and not to mention, more offerings.

My friend attends an evangelical church with a band. Last week I checked the livestream to see if they were done and one guitar guy was wearing shorts, t-shirt and flipflops. No one seemed to mind, so I don't think God did either.

If you invite me to your house I am going to be clean and wear clean nice clothes because I respect you. The same goes if I am entering the house of God. It's a matter of respect for the person whose home you are in as well as respect for yourself.

As my father once told me "you may not care how you look but other people have to look at you and they do care."

Dressing appropriately opens doors.

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Anonymous wrote:While others are there to pray, OP attends services to judge others.

Why do the people who are there to pray dress like slobs?

You don't know what someone else is going through. Maybe they struggled to get out of bed this morning and just the effort of getting there was a lot of them. It doesn't really matter.

But in the past, they didn't dress like slobs when going to church.

What past are you talking about, specifically? Your TV-created nostalgia 1950s?

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Anonymous wrote:Some people don’t go to church because of the clothing requirement, but there are some churches where nobody dresses up. Join that church instead

But isn't church more about "worshipping" God than about being comfortable?

Weren't the disciples always wearing some rough burlap robe with a piece of rope tied around their waist, and sandals? Let's do that.

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Anonymous wrote:While others are there to pray, OP attends services to judge others.

Why do the people who are there to pray dress like slobs?

You don't know what someone else is going through. Maybe they struggled to get out of bed this morning and just the effort of getting there was a lot of them. It doesn't really matter.

But in the past, they didn't dress like slobs when going to church.

Why do you care?

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Anonymous wrote:While others are there to pray, OP attends services to judge others.

Why do the people who are there to pray dress like slobs?

You don't know what someone else is going through. Maybe they struggled to get out of bed this morning and just the effort of getting there was a lot of them. It doesn't really matter.

But in the past, they didn't dress like slobs when going to church.

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Anonymous wrote:While others are there to pray, OP attends services to judge others.

Why do the people who are there to pray dress like slobs?

You don't know what someone else is going through. Maybe they struggled to get out of bed this morning and just the effort of getting there was a lot of them. It doesn't really matter.

Anonymous wrote:While others are there to pray, OP attends services to judge others.

Why do the people who are there to pray dress like slobs?

While others are there to pray, OP attends services to judge others.

Are you a better Christian because of how you dress?

Anonymous wrote:It bothers me that there is an implied dress code for church.

Agree. Why have a culture at all?

It bothers me that there is an implied dress code for church.

I'd just accept them for the way they are. My 5 yo son and I typically dress nice casual for weekly mass, but every once in a while he wears a tee and mud boots.

Anonymous wrote:Americans in general are known for dressing down. Other people don’t come outside in pajamas usually.

Americans have gotten fat too, which encourages being disheveled, I think.