Vicar tells churchgoers to swear more

A CHURCH of England vicar told his flock to get more "streetwise" and swear more.
July 31, 2010

Reverend Michael Land told his congregation at the St Mary the Virgin church in the village of Burghill, in western England, they should adopt bad language because it is how Jesus would have spoken, London’s Daily Telegraph reports.

The Church risked becoming out of touch with ordinary people if its clergy did not become "streetwise" and failed to use earthy language, he said.

"The church must be more streetwise and use language most people use today,” Rev. Land, who is retired but still preaches, said. the rest

“People view Jesus through tinted spectacles and place him on a pedestal.