Editing Religion in Futurama (section)

=== Robot Judaism ===
The episode "[[Future Stock]]" introduces Robot Judaism in a scene where [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Dr. Zoidberg]], seeking free food, sneak into a "Bot Mitzvah" celebration (a spoof of the [[Bar and Bat Mitzvah]]).  As a joke about [[Kashrut|Jewish dietary laws]]' proscriptions against shellfish, Zoidberg was not allowed in (despite having Jewish stereotype qualities), as he was an anthropomorphic lobster.  At the Bot Mitzvah, Fry asks a Jewish robot if they don't believe in Robot Jesus, to which the robot replies, "We believe he was built, and that he was a very well-programmed robot, but he wasn't our Messiah".  A banner written in [[Hebrew]] reads "Today you are a robot" (with two misspellings),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/futuramavol3.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040823143014/http://dvdverdict.com/reviews/futuramavol3.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 August 2004 |title=Futurama: Volume Three |author=Ryan, David |access-date=28 October 2007 }}</ref> referencing the traditional Jewish belief that a boy becomes a man at age 13, which is celebrated on his Bar Mitzvah. In the episode "[[The Bots and the Bees]]" Bender's son, Ben, has a Bot Mitzvah celebration of his own where he becomes a man after being born only a few days prior. This scene reinforces the quick rate at which robots mature in the ''Futurama'' world as well as alludes to the practice of robot circumcision.

References to a holiday called 'Robanukah' appear in several episodes, as well, though it is heavily implied that Bender makes up this holiday to avoid work. In the ''Futurama Holiday Spectacular'', the Robanukah story involves a pair of fembots who must wrestle in petroleum oil for six and a half weeks. When the oil, which was predicted to last only four and a half weeks, lasts for 500 million years, Bender declares it a Robanukah miracle.