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	<title>Comments on: Side Hugs: because regular hugging is too sinful</title>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-10310</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You got any replies yet mark, you stupid fucking moron?</description>
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		<title>By: q4654w754jm7467</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9902</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pftcv2qhTE8

&quot;Douchebags.&quot; My thoughts exactly, Gene.

Seriously, are these mentally retarded (or religitarded) rappers for real? Someone needs to slap some sense into those bitches, I doubt they&#039;d be very &#039;gangsta&#039; when their God doesn&#039;t show up to help these liars for Jesus. Fuck, telling people hugging from the front is wrong?r</description>
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<p>&#8220;Douchebags.&#8221; My thoughts exactly, Gene.</p>
<p>Seriously, are these mentally retarded (or religitarded) rappers for real? Someone needs to slap some sense into those bitches, I doubt they&#8217;d be very &#8216;gangsta&#8217; when their God doesn&#8217;t show up to help these liars for Jesus. Fuck, telling people hugging from the front is wrong?r</p>
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		<title>By: Is she getting hotter?&#160;&#124;&#160;The Good Atheist</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9840</link>
		<dc:creator>Is she getting hotter?&#160;&#124;&#160;The Good Atheist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] (or Hot Atheist Chick as I like to call her) just made this new video making fun of the Christian side hug, the ridiculous attempt by abstinence idiots to mandate hugging. I think their efforts will [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] (or Hot Atheist Chick as I like to call her) just made this new video making fun of the Christian side hug, the ridiculous attempt by abstinence idiots to mandate hugging. I think their efforts will [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Isaac</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9802</link>
		<dc:creator>Isaac</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpTokfdfV_w</description>
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		<title>By: Vicky P</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9374</link>
		<dc:creator>Vicky P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And I&#039;m guessing since they only do side hugs, no-one&#039;s had the opportunity to tell them what a &#039;rough rider&#039; actually is...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And I&#8217;m guessing since they only do side hugs, no-one&#8217;s had the opportunity to tell them what a &#8216;rough rider&#8217; actually is&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Jordan</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9345</link>
		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>...and why do they all pretend to get murdered at the end?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;and why do they all pretend to get murdered at the end?</p>
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		<title>By: Jeffrey</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9344</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At 2:25 or so, does he really quickly rap &#039;democrats shouldn&#039;t be in the congress&#039; ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At 2:25 or so, does he really quickly rap &#8216;democrats shouldn&#8217;t be in the congress&#8217; ?</p>
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		<title>By: Thundur Freyr</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9341</link>
		<dc:creator>Thundur Freyr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seems like Mark is a little ashamed of this thing.  As he should be.  Which is why it gets posted here.  

Freethinkers like to laugh at the idiotic things religion makes people do.  Sue us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems like Mark is a little ashamed of this thing.  As he should be.  Which is why it gets posted here.  </p>
<p>Freethinkers like to laugh at the idiotic things religion makes people do.  Sue us.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin O'Leary</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9340</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin O'Leary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The best bit is the wailing siren to emphasize their association with petty crime. I won&#039;t say anymore in case they &quot;bust a cap in my ass&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The best bit is the wailing siren to emphasize their association with petty crime. I won&#8217;t say anymore in case they &#8220;bust a cap in my ass&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Anida Adler</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9339</link>
		<dc:creator>Anida Adler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OMFG, did I hear right?  I couldn&#039;t get past this part: &quot;You aint no rabbi, you aint no priest, so rise up off me like bread with no yeast&quot;?!

I must be wrong, because if the lyrics are anything, ANYTHING like the above sentence it&#039;s wrong on so very many levels.  I am nearly falling off the couch here... 

a)  So, if it&#039;s a rabbi or a priest, they don&#039;t have to rise up off you?  They can just go right on ahead with whatever they were doing on you?  WTF?
b)  Bread with no yeast doesn&#039;t rise at all.  Trust me, I do a bit of baking now and then.  So are you trying to say... are you implying... 

Never mind.  I&#039;m laughing too much to even attempt to work this one out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OMFG, did I hear right?  I couldn&#8217;t get past this part: &#8220;You aint no rabbi, you aint no priest, so rise up off me like bread with no yeast&#8221;?!</p>
<p>I must be wrong, because if the lyrics are anything, ANYTHING like the above sentence it&#8217;s wrong on so very many levels.  I am nearly falling off the couch here&#8230; </p>
<p>a)  So, if it&#8217;s a rabbi or a priest, they don&#8217;t have to rise up off you?  They can just go right on ahead with whatever they were doing on you?  WTF?<br />
b)  Bread with no yeast doesn&#8217;t rise at all.  Trust me, I do a bit of baking now and then.  So are you trying to say&#8230; are you implying&#8230; </p>
<p>Never mind.  I&#8217;m laughing too much to even attempt to work this one out.</p>
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		<title>By: Maxine</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9337</link>
		<dc:creator>Maxine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are these people mentally ill? I don&#039;t understand.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are these people mentally ill? I don&#8217;t understand.</p>
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		<title>By: Razzle</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9330</link>
		<dc:creator>Razzle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let the damn kids do a regular hug and some normal making out and some physical contact, rather than retarding their emotional development, with this side hug bullshit.

Far better to ease into intercourse with some previous sexuality, so that you&#039;re 16, or whatever and perhaps, more emotionally ready than someone who&#039;s only side hugged.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let the damn kids do a regular hug and some normal making out and some physical contact, rather than retarding their emotional development, with this side hug bullshit.</p>
<p>Far better to ease into intercourse with some previous sexuality, so that you&#8217;re 16, or whatever and perhaps, more emotionally ready than someone who&#8217;s only side hugged.</p>
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		<title>By: Charles Evo</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9328</link>
		<dc:creator>Charles Evo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Brothers do a hug a bit like that. Not to the side (of course, that&#039;s weird), but arm in front and absolutely no possibility for man-on-man genital contact.

It called, &quot;The Brother Hug&quot;

You know what I&#039;m talking about....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Brothers do a hug a bit like that. Not to the side (of course, that&#8217;s weird), but arm in front and absolutely no possibility for man-on-man genital contact.</p>
<p>It called, &#8220;The Brother Hug&#8221;</p>
<p>You know what I&#8217;m talking about&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: articulett</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9324</link>
		<dc:creator>articulett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The only kind of hugging I&#039;d want to do with a Christian is the side hug.  

They&#039;re... creepy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The only kind of hugging I&#8217;d want to do with a Christian is the side hug.  </p>
<p>They&#8217;re&#8230; creepy.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
		<link>http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2009/11/side-hugs-because-regular-hugging-is-too-sinful/comment-page-1/#comment-9323</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;So they’re attempting to teach them to respect their bodies. So what? What do you care?&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;

&quot;&quot;&quot;Do you really have to ask? We care because we want kids exposed to reality, not the moralizing of a bunch of old men.&quot;&quot;&quot;

&quot;&quot;Old men? Do you think old men are the only people “moralizing” youth in Christian America? The youth ministry my kids attend once a week is taught by a 35 year old woman. All they do is eat food, play games, and talk about the dangers of drugs, alcohol, drinking and driving, dropping out of school, and violence. Do you have a problem with that type of “moralization” also? Perhaps you would prefer we let them moralize themselves here on the internet, where they can learn how to communicate like all the moral-less people on the internet?&quot;&quot;

You just did the metaphorical equivalent of taking the least important (and not even literal) part of that sentence (old men), and running a marathon with it. You also in the process brought up completely unrelated and off topic talking points, which in absolutely no way address the issues raised by the person you were talking to and then made a sarcastic suggestion of nonsensical idiocy that person &quot;perhaps would prefer&quot;.

You my deluded friend are an argumentative sophist. And not a very good one.

Teaching abstinence doesn&#039;t work. It&#039;s out of touch, idealistic and hopelessly useless relic of the imaginings of puritanically-minded and equally out of touch religious leaders. If you&#039;re going to educate someone... you have to EDUCATE them. Not just tell them that sex before marriage is a sin and that doing it is bad. It&#039;s ridiculous.

Sex education is important. You need to understand sex if you want to be safe about it. The condom is a marvellous invention.

The same goes if you&#039;re going to talk about the dangers of drugs, alcohol, drinking and driving, etc etc etc... The educational prerogative of the church is based on primitive and unrealistic notions. According to religious institutions, sin behind the action is more important than the lack of informed thought behind the action. It&#039;s dated nonsense.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8221;"&#8221;So they’re attempting to teach them to respect their bodies. So what? What do you care?&#8221;"&#8221;"</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8221;"Do you really have to ask? We care because we want kids exposed to reality, not the moralizing of a bunch of old men.&#8221;"&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8221;Old men? Do you think old men are the only people “moralizing” youth in Christian America? The youth ministry my kids attend once a week is taught by a 35 year old woman. All they do is eat food, play games, and talk about the dangers of drugs, alcohol, drinking and driving, dropping out of school, and violence. Do you have a problem with that type of “moralization” also? Perhaps you would prefer we let them moralize themselves here on the internet, where they can learn how to communicate like all the moral-less people on the internet?&#8221;"</p>
<p>You just did the metaphorical equivalent of taking the least important (and not even literal) part of that sentence (old men), and running a marathon with it. You also in the process brought up completely unrelated and off topic talking points, which in absolutely no way address the issues raised by the person you were talking to and then made a sarcastic suggestion of nonsensical idiocy that person &#8220;perhaps would prefer&#8221;.</p>
<p>You my deluded friend are an argumentative sophist. And not a very good one.</p>
<p>Teaching abstinence doesn&#8217;t work. It&#8217;s out of touch, idealistic and hopelessly useless relic of the imaginings of puritanically-minded and equally out of touch religious leaders. If you&#8217;re going to educate someone&#8230; you have to EDUCATE them. Not just tell them that sex before marriage is a sin and that doing it is bad. It&#8217;s ridiculous.</p>
<p>Sex education is important. You need to understand sex if you want to be safe about it. The condom is a marvellous invention.</p>
<p>The same goes if you&#8217;re going to talk about the dangers of drugs, alcohol, drinking and driving, etc etc etc&#8230; The educational prerogative of the church is based on primitive and unrealistic notions. According to religious institutions, sin behind the action is more important than the lack of informed thought behind the action. It&#8217;s dated nonsense.</p>
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