Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. As is the norm in the Silverman household, my wife (the theistic Jew) takes my daughter (the Atheist) to her synagogue, which is orthodox (The rabbi has 14 kids, they separate men from women, the women can’t show their shoulders or hair, etc).My daughter likes to go because she doesn’t have to sit in services — she plays with the other children, who are apparently very nice kids. She likes to go.This morning, she woke my wife to get her up so they could go. She said “Mom, it’s time to go say you’re sorry to god, eat, say you’re sorry to god AGAIN, eat AGAIN, and then say you’re sorry to god again”. She also says, very sarcastically, that Hebrew for “Saying your sorry to god” is “CHhhhhhh” (like you’re coughing up phlegm).I really don’t mind when she goes to these things. I stay home and work in peace, and she sees first hand, what it’s like to be brainwashed from an outsider’s perspective. She sees her friends who “can’t see a movie unless it’s based on Judaism”, and it reminds her of the “Jesus Camp” movie, where the kids were not allowed to have a conversation that didn’t have to do with jesus. She’s beginning to feel sorry for her orthodox friends.

That’s right, Brian, the talking dog from Family Guy, is an atheist and he reads Dawkins (nice product placement). The best part was this this was not some major revelation, but a side note. A by the way. A topic for another day. He, however, did use the A-word to find a hot lady friend (also an Atheist).Yes. We are in your families, your neighborhoods, and even your churches. Now, it appears, we’re in your cartoons.