People make all sorts of excuses for not going to church. A few years ago, some brilliant person decided to illustrate the absurdity of these arguments [2], by replacing “why I don’t go to church” with “why I don’t wash”. The results are very funny - i.e. “I was forced to as a child” or "I’ll start washing when I get older and dirtier" or "People who wash are hypocrites — they think they are cleaner than everybody else."

For many of us, this may be old news. 

But what you might not know is that Russians (naturally) took it to a whole new level. In 2013, an anti-suicide forum [3] posted the list. The top 10 (hilarious) reasons why people don't go to church went viral, and quickly turned into 60, and now it's over 90.

Father Andrey Tkachev, a popular Russian priest, used his daily 3-minute airtime on the TsarGrad TV [4] station to share his favorite excuses with his nationwide audience.

We promise you will chuckle.