From here:

Reverend Michael Land, 67, said Christians needed to adopt swearing in their everyday language because it is how Jesus would have spoken.

He said too many people put Jesus “on a pedestal” and failed to realise that he was poor, relatively uneducated and preferred not to mix with the elite of his day.

He added that the Church risked becoming out of touch with ordinary people if its clergy did not become “streetwise” and failed to use earthy language.

Rev Land, who is retired but still preaches at Burghill occasionally, said: “The church must be more streetwise and use language most people use today.

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

“The reality is that he was poor, lacked any real education and did not fraternise with Pharisees or scholars.

“People today would probably be quite shocked at the language he used at that time.”

I’m all for speaking to people in language that they understand even if it is a bit ripe. Rev. Land’s real problem, though, is his implied de-Deification of Jesus. Who better to be on a pedestal than God? Rev. Land’s insistence that Jesus doesn’t belong there presumably means he doesn’t believe Jesus is God and, thus,  is not a worthy object of our worship.

Even though Rev. Land is a bit wobbly on the Deity of Jesus, he does have firm views on driving:

He described the driving incident and said: “Someone pulled out in front of me so I sounded my horn. The driver got out of his car and came over to me.

“I wound my window down and said ‘why don’t you learn to f***ing drive’. He just walked away. I don’t think he could believe it.

“I did not remove my clerical collar, why should I? I did it then and I’d do it again, I’m not afraid to tell it how it is even if that means swearing.

It seems to me that Rev. Land should learn how to be a fucking vicar.