THE SINS OF MODERNIST CHURCH ARCHITECTS...

...shall be visited upon the children.

QUICK NOTE

After extensive consultations with BV Corporate, the shadowy, international conglomerate that runs this site, I've decided to expand the reach of Bad Vestments a little bit.  Since the focus here is Christian aesthetics, we're now going to include unacceptable church buildings along with vestments and interior decorations.

JOHNSON CHURCH DESIGN TIPS

The inspiration for your new cathedral should never be a 1960's community college.

JUST SAYIN'

This had better be some secularist's idea of a stupid joke.  Or I'm going to have to shut this site down before I hurt somebody.

A MODEST PROPOSAL

My former parish used to have a retreat on the weekend after Easter where people went to relax but left their Sunday go-to-meetin' clothes at home.  On Sunday, we'd worship in this lovely little chapel in the middle of the woods.  If you're a member of the clergy and your church does something like that, here's a suggestion: play it safe and worship without any vestments at all.  Otherwise, you run the risk of looking like this guy.

RAISON D'ETRE

One of these people is from South Sudan.  The other one isn't.  See if you can guess which of the two is which.

If it were legally possible, I would turn this picture into this site's logo because nothing better demonstrates why Bad Vestments exists.  And here's a contest for you.  The first person who can tell me exactly why I consider this picture to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen wins the official Bad Vestments teddy bear (the rest of you, of course, can buy one for a limited time only.  I'm not making a profit on those things so go ahead and order six or seven).

CONFUSED

Stole?  Or cross-dressing python?