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	<title>Friendly Atheist by @hemantsblog</title>
	<link>http://friendlyatheist.com</link>
	<description>Atheism with Positivity</description>
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		<title>Ask Richard: I Want to Officially Leave the Catholic Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Note: When letter writers sign with their first names instead of a pseudonym or nickname, I randomly change their name for added anonymity.
Dear Richard,
I was baptized Catholic when I was a baby, so obviously I had no say in the matter. As a non-believing adult, I want to remove myself from the central Catholic baptismal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/02/09/ask-richard-i-want-to-officially-leave-the-catholic-church/</link>
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		<title>Are They *Mocking* Us?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Curse you, Toothpaste For Dinner:

I&#8217;m going to find you in my Prius and teach you a lesson.

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		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/02/09/are-they-mocking-us/</link>
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		<title>Darwin Day in New Orleans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Orleans is on a roll this week!  It&#8217;s not just a place for Mardi Gras and the Saints; it&#8217;s a place where secular values are being honored by the local government.  
In 2005, Mayor Ray Nagin proclaimed May 5th of that year the National Day of Reason.
In 2009, the City Council issued [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/02/09/darwin-day-in-new-orleans/</link>
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		<title>A Yelp for Churches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim Henderson is the man who &#8220;bought my soul&#8221; on eBay a few years ago.  The reason he bid on my auction in the first place is because he loved the idea of &#8220;unchurched&#8221; people going to church and sharing their experiences.  
Jim would take those filled-out surveys and share them with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/02/08/a-yelp-for-churches/</link>
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		<title>A Video Plea to a Young Believer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A. Hughman has made a video that is a plea to young believers.
It doesn&#8217;t ask that they become atheists &#8212; he has a different goal in mind:

I love the video.  My worry, though, is that many young Christians will say they have no problem with expressing doubt.
They question plenty of things: 
Evolution.
Sex education. 
And, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/02/08/a-video-plea-to-a-young-believer/</link>
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		<title>Defending the Duggars?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, I stumbled across the cover of the new issue of People on a library table:
 
19 kids&#8230;?  My eyes wanted to bulge at the sight of that number, but they stopped doing that when the number hit double digits.  
It&#8217;s just not a surprise anymore.
The question on the cover is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/02/08/defending-the-duggars/</link>
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		<title>Live-Blogging the Tim Tebow Commercial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***Begin live-blogging***
5:42 Third Commercial in.  Good placement.
***End live-blogging***
Well, that was fun.  
What should I do the rest of the night?

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		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/02/07/live-blogging-the-tim-tebow-commercial/</link>
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		<title>The Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s up at The Huffington Post.
The transcript:

Pam Tebow: I call him my miracle baby. He almost didn&#8217;t make it into this world. I remember so many times when I almost lost him. It was so hard. Well he&#8217;s all grown up now, and I still worry about his health. Everybody treats him like he&#8217;s different, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/02/07/the-tim-tebow-super-bowl-ad/</link>
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		<title>A Rebuttal to the Tim Tebow Ad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad hasn&#8217;t aired yet, but Jimmy Kimmel shows us the rebuttal ad that CBS will be airing  

(Thanks to Ungullible for the link!)

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		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/02/07/a-rebuttal-to-the-tim-tebow-ad/</link>
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		<title>When Atheism Goes Mainstream&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Atheism is a trending topic in the world and it won&#8217;t be long before a politician or celebrity coming out as an atheist just won&#8217;t be a big deal anymore.  I don&#8217;t know how long it&#8217;ll be before that happens, but I am optimistic that it could happen in my lifetime.
When that happens, atheists [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/02/07/when-atheism-goes-mainstream/</link>
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