Is it inappropriate to wear this shirt to church?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Wearing it now. Brief convo with one of my teammates today (who by the way is very much not a Christian):

Him: BRTD does your shirt say "Drug Church" on it? Where do you get a shirt like that?
Me: Yeah. Interpunk.com. It's just the band name.
Him: Oh just a band shirt. Interesting name I guess.
Me: Apparently it's a slang term for a pharmacy or something. I'm wearing it to church later today though.
Him: Wait, what? You're going to wear that to church, seriously?
Me: Yeah, why not?

Yet a couple months ago I was wearing it and one of the associate pastors noticed it and laughed and asked me what it meant, to which I explained. He actually thought it was cool and not horrified.  Funny.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Oldies is right that you'd really never wear a t-shirt to a normal church

Huh? When I was at my parents' church plenty of people besides me did.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I've never been to a church service.  

But, I don't think you can wear jeans or sneakers, much less a t-shirt to church.  It's disrespectful.

Then...the pastors are being disrespectful?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I've never been to a church service. 

But, I don't think you can wear jeans or sneakers, much less a t-shirt to church.  It's disrespectful.

Then...the pastors are being disrespectful?

It's not really taking the religion thing seriously.  Look at Jews, you got your tefillin, your tallis, your tzitzit, your yarmulke.  Or Muslims, they have the red-dyed beard and that prayer smock thing.  Or think of a nice restaurant even, those require a suit jacket, forget basic semi-formal attire.  It's a show of respect to wear special clothing.

But my point is how you described is exactly what the pastors at my church wear. Hell I've even seen people in hoodies preaching before. And seeing as how you live in Brooklyn, that's no doubt just as common at the churches near you as well, even if you've never been to any.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

But seriously dude, you live in the borough that has a church where the evening service is in a bar (a literal bar, as in they still have a bartender serving drinks through the service). You seriously think people get all dressed up for that? And that includes the pastor.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

How's it attention whoring? It's just the first shirt I pulled from the clean laundry basket today which is how I always pick my shirt to wear for the day. The only time I pay attention to the shirt I pick is if I'm going to an event and want a fitting band shirt for a show or my BRTD one for Ingress ops.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Then why did you fycking ask? If you picked up randomly how did you even notice it might be worthy of sharing with us sorry lot.

Because as I said in the OP, someone brought it up earlier in the day. And he's very much not a Christian, so I found his reaction amusing.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

How's it attention whoring? It's just the first shirt I pulled from the clean laundry basket today which is how I always pick my shirt to wear for the day. The only time I pay attention to the shirt I pick is if I'm going to an event and want a fitting band shirt for a show or my BRTD one for Ingress ops.

OK, inadvertant attention-whoring then (if that's even possible).

Thing is though by definition something that's "attention whoring" should be unusual or shocking. Now maybe if I was going to a Catholic or fundamentalist church wearing such a shirt would be but I'm not...or if I was wearing a black metal band shirt or something anti-Christian like that, but I'm not either.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Oldies is right that you'd really never wear a t-shirt to a normal church

Huh? When I was at my parents' church plenty of people besides me did.

I've never seen someone in a t-shirt (with the only exceptions being a plain t-shirt with something over it, like Scott described, or a young child) at any of Episcopal services I've attended (in several states), nor at any of the Presbyterian, Lutheran or Methodist services I've attended on occasion.

What type of Lutheran? ELCA?

If so I guess Midwesterners are just far more casual.

Seriously though, I often walk to church. I'm obviously going to wear what's most comfortable, physically as well as mentally as dressing formally really causes me anxiety. And besides, what if it's an afternoon service and I'm heading to a show right afterwards? That's happened at least once. Am I going to head out to the show in a suit? LOL.