German Website Lets You Rate Your Priest
5 August 2011 Germany If there's one thing people are opinionated about besides politics, it's religion. But most priests don't keep comment card boxes outside their offices, and now some enterprising …More
5 August 2011
Germany
If there's one thing people are opinionated about besides politics, it's religion. But most priests don't keep comment card boxes outside their offices, and now some enterprising Germans have come up with a solution. It's called the "Hirtenbarometer"—try saying that three times fast—a.k.a. the "Shepherd's Barometer."
Only four months old, the young Hirtenbarometer is taking off. Already approximately 25,000 parishes and some 8,000 priests are rate-able, from Catholic, Orthodox, and Evangelical traditions.
Time Magazine Religion
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If there's one thing people are opinionated about besides politics, it's religion. But most priests don't keep comment card boxes outside their offices, and now some enterprising Germans have come up with a solution. It's called the "Hirtenbarometer"—try saying that three times fast—a.k.a. the "Shepherd's Barometer."
Only four months old, the young Hirtenbarometer is taking off. Already approximately 25,000 parishes and some 8,000 priests are rate-able, from Catholic, Orthodox, and Evangelical traditions.
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If one knew beforehand that a certain individual gave long, dull, rambling speeches and another speaker gave interesting, relevant and time sensitive speeches, wouldn't one be justified in choosing to attend the presentations of the second speaker and not the first.
Common sense would dictate that one would be justified in choosing the second speaker. Are the rules of common sense, therefore, …More
If one knew beforehand that a certain individual gave long, dull, rambling speeches and another speaker gave interesting, relevant and time sensitive speeches, wouldn't one be justified in choosing to attend the presentations of the second speaker and not the first.
Common sense would dictate that one would be justified in choosing the second speaker. Are the rules of common sense, therefore, suspended when the speakers are priests and not laymen?
Common sense would dictate that one would be justified in choosing the second speaker. Are the rules of common sense, therefore, suspended when the speakers are priests and not laymen?
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One shouldn't judge the priests! 
