the_content tag question..

Hi,

I am doing a new theme, but I have a little bit problem with the_content tag. You can see details below.

First off all, I don’t want to P tags in my posts, but, it’s coming automaticaly into posts. How can I solve this problem?

My Template Code : (single.php)
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<div class="entry">
<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page ?'); ?>

<?php link_pages('<strong>Pages:</strong> ', '', 'number'); ?>

</div>

My Template Code Output : (single.php output)
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<div class="entry">
<"p">Cras tellus. In ac dui ornare magna feugiat facilisis.<"p">
</div>

Where is the (p) tag?
I am not using to <!–more–> tag in the posts.

Thank you for your response
AkeBONO