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The leftists are marketing "Credo Mobile" against AT&T and Verizon. Their advertisement asserts that AT&T and Verizon "support politicians opposed to real healthcare reform, like a single-payer system or public option" and that they "fund anti-environment politicians". Who knew? If that's true, support AT&T and Verizon!AlterNet's promotional e-mail tells its followers to "Join the mobile phone company that's fighting for a robust public option in healthcare reform-and hasn't given a cent to Joe Lieberman."

The creed tells us Jesus “ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.” Psalm 68:18-20 reads:“Thou didst ascend the high mount, leading captives in thy train, and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there. Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Our God is a God of salvation; and to God, the Lord, belongs escape from death.”Christian liturgical tradition has long associated this Psalm with the triumphal entry of Christ into heaven at the Ascension.The original hymn is equally triumphal and...

Read the original post here Credo colleague Chris Dierkes has requested thoughts on the idea of the church as the "resilient community," or the "base community," providing a durable and lasting protection against the shocks of the world; and Justin Hart has responded with his insights from the LDS perspective; and so I will exercise my prerogative to reply in a post. The idea of faith as the communal bedrock, absorbing the blows of the world, goes back to the Jewish exile to Babylon, and for all we know much before. When the people of Israel were dragged into captivity,...