{"id":452,"date":"2011-09-30T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2011\/09\/blessed-art-thou-mr-deity.html"},"modified":"2011-09-30T15:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T15:42:00","slug":"blessed-art-thou-mr-deity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2011\/09\/blessed-art-thou-mr-deity.html","title":{"rendered":"Blessed Art Thou, Mr. Deity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I am a long-time fan of the Mr. Deity<\/i> YouTube series.\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t familiar with this hysterical creation, here\u2019s a great episode to start with.\u00a0 It\u2019s called Mr. Deity and the Philosopher<\/i>.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At this time of year, when Jews are pounding their chests and begging forgiveness, this is a humorous and honest look at how religious traditions determine and judge good and evil.\u00a0 Anyone who watches this is going to have a hard time walking into a mainstream synagogue on Yom Kippur and uttering the inanities of the traditional prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Well, if Rosh Hashanah services were just too much for you and you\u2019re dreading Yom Kippur, why not find a Humanistic congregation in your area?\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/shj.org\/CongList.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here\u2019s a link to a directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why waste a whole day telling Mr. Deity how sorry YOU are?\u00a0 He\u2019s such a schmuck.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a long-time fan of the Mr. Deity YouTube series.\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t familiar with this hysterical creation, here\u2019s a great episode to start with.\u00a0 It\u2019s called Mr. Deity and the Philosopher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,23,24,25,30,37,39,42],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogentries","tag-atheism","tag-jewish-holidays","tag-liberal-judaism","tag-liberal-religions-and-theologies","tag-non-theism","tag-rosh-hashanah","tag-secular-humanistic-judaism","tag-yom-kippur"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Blessed Art Thou, Mr. Deity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I am a long-time fan of the Mr. Deity YouTube series.\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t familiar with this hysterical creation, here\u2019s a great episode to start with.\u00a0 It\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2011\/09\/blessed-art-thou-mr-deity.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blessed Art Thou, Mr. Deity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am a long-time fan of the Mr. Deity YouTube series.\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t familiar with this hysterical creation, here\u2019s a great episode to start with.\u00a0 It\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2011\/09\/blessed-art-thou-mr-deity.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Atheist Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-30T15:42:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeffrey L. 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