I did say "dressy" for church. If you have a casual church where you're using that casualness to make a theological point, that's different. It would be disrespectful and unchristian to criticize in that kind of situation.
When you have a denomination, though, with a theological tradition of dressing formally to honor God the King, it's disrespectful or ignorant to come into a worship service dressed in playclothes.
"When you have a denomination, though, with a theological tradition of dressing formally to honor God the King, it's disrespectful or ignorant to come into a worship service dressed in playclothes."
Jesus had a funny way of purposefully breaking the traditions of the religious institution of his day. Bringing a whip into the temple was probably not a very fashionable thing to do.
Remember reading when the disciples were talking about Jesus' resurrection and Thomas said, "Unless I see and touch the wounds, etc"? Wouldn't it be funny if on any given Sunday, Jesus were to walk through the wall of this formal church dressed in blue jeans and a t-shirt?
On a side note, if Jesus walked through the wall of any major Seminary on any given day, they would have to throw out half of their doctrinal statements and dissertations over the last 50 - 100 years.