Priesthood of some believers?

Which they don't.  The 'ideal' of the priesthood of all believers sounds good on paper but the facts show something quite different:

1- Most people would rather be prayed for than pray.

2- Most people would rather be sacrificed for than make any sacrifice.

3- Most people would rather deny Christ than themselves.

Still, as self evident as all those facts are, we seem pathologically driven to assert that all Christians everywhere wish to have an intimate, priestly relationship to God.  But they don't.  Or they would.

Perhaps we should speak of the 'potential priesthood of all believers' rather than banter about the delusional blanket-claim asserting the absurdity of the 'priesthood of all believers.'

The priesthood is open to all, but practiced by few.

Via Zwinlius Redidivus