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	<title>Mom's a religious nut &#38; Dad was an atheist</title>
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	<description>What happens when a kid grows up with a religious nut for a mom and an atheist for a dad? I happen.  That's what.</description>
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		<title>but, mostly &#8220;there&#8221;&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samanthamj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well &#8211; I don&#8217;t really post much here anymore.  I started the blog almost 3 years ago&#8230; and, I think I&#8217;m about done here.  I just don&#8217;t feel like blogging about this stuff (religion, or my past, or my family issues) anymore&#8230; but, I&#8217;ll leave this blog up for now in case anyone else finds it interesting&#8230; or, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savemenot.wordpress.com&blog=855699&post=127&subd=savemenot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great post over on PBB&#8230; &#8220;Congratulations, Dr. Ann&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samanthamj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t say it better if I tried (really hard!)&#8230; so, here&#8217;s the link&#8230; 
and, YES.. WE CAN!  =)
From: http://parentingbeyondbelief.com/blog/?p=1078:

&#8220;Congratulations, Dr. Ann

There are countless congratulatory messages for President-Elect Obama this morning, all well-deserved. The most remarkably gifted presidential candidate of our time managed somehow to negotiate an unimaginably grueling campaign, and we, despite ourselves, managed to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savemenot.wordpress.com&blog=855699&post=120&subd=savemenot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Well, that&#8217;s just Religulous&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://savemenot.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/well-thats-just-religulous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samanthamj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found the whole experience very liberating... and validating... and by that, I mean both the movie itself, and the experience of going to a movie that I wanted to see all by myself... even if nobody else wanted to see it. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savemenot.wordpress.com&blog=855699&post=118&subd=savemenot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Religulous</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samanthamj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I so want to go see this movie when it comes out this weekend&#8230;   however, I&#8217;m sure I don&#8217;t know anyone who would go see it with me&#8230; and far be it from me to try to talk anyone into going to see it and have them accuse me of being the devil&#8217;s advocate. 
I will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savemenot.wordpress.com&blog=855699&post=116&subd=savemenot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Imagine No Religion&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samanthamj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was interesting news&#8230;.   from the FFRF folks&#8230; (Freedom From Religion Foundation).  Apparently they are putting up billboards&#8230;


More details from fox news footage can be found by clicking here.
I hope they put up more.
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		<title>BS Emails&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samanthamj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a big pet peeve about emails that are BS.  Sucks to be me, right?  Because this is an ongoing and very common occurence.  But, I can&#8217;t help it.  It really irritates me how many people believe everything they get in an email, and then send it along as if it&#8217;s the god&#8217;s honest truth.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savemenot.wordpress.com&blog=855699&post=87&subd=savemenot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christian by default?</title>
		<link>http://savemenot.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/christian-by-default/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samanthamj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, now I wonder...  do I let her believe what she wants to believe?? Or, do I politely somehow correct her and let her know I'm not really a "believer"?  

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		<title>Personalizing</title>
		<link>http://savemenot.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/personalizing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samanthamj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the books I read a while back, that really hit home with me and I felt the need to recently re-visit was &#8220;My Parents&#8217; Keeper: Adult Children of the Emotionally Disturbed (Paperback)&#8221;.  I bought it shortly before I started this blog back in 2006&#8230;   and before that point, I never heard of an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savemenot.wordpress.com&blog=855699&post=76&subd=savemenot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ya Gotta Have Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samanthamj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently was following a post on the &#8220;AbsoluteGrace&#8221; blog where they were discussing the Bible &#8211; which lead to discussing faith.   
Now, Grace seems like a very nice woman&#8230; as I&#8217;m sure are the other bloggers there&#8230;  and I have no desire to offend or ague with them.  I was just stating my feelings on the matter.  I&#8217;d thought I&#8217;d [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savemenot.wordpress.com&blog=855699&post=73&subd=savemenot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;sex is the most awful, filthy thing on Earth, and you should save it for someone you love&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://savemenot.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/sex-is-the-most-awful-filthy-thing-on-earth-and-you-should-save-it-for-someone-you-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samanthamj</dc:creator>
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So, I was doing some much overdue blog surfing… and went to one of my favorite blogs – http://parentingbeyondbelief.com/blog/, and I happened to see a post called: “sex and the balls of the evangelical”, and the following quote at the top of the page really cracked me up.
“Life in Lubbock, Texas taught me two things: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=savemenot.wordpress.com&blog=855699&post=70&subd=savemenot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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