What each of us experiences on a small scale, humankind experienced on a large scale: the battle between spirit and flesh, reason and passions. God had made us one: sin has divided us. Since then, there are two men within us, a Cain and an Abel; one carnal, the other spiritual; one earthly, the other heavenly; one of man, the other of God. Often, in His merciful justice, God afflicts the dominating flesh to free the enslaved spirit; He strikes the body to save the soul.
So it is with all humanity. God had made it one: sin divided it both from God and from itself. Since then, in human society, there have been two societies: one of the good, the other of the wicked; one of the just, the other of sinners; one of the children of God, the other of the children of man; the first, represented by Abel, Seth, Enoch, Noah; the second, by Cain and his descendants. When the corrupted part of mankind came to corrupt almost all the rest, God struck the flesh to save the spirit.
What each of us experiences on a small scale, humankind experienced on a large scale: the battle between spirit and flesh, reason and passions. God had made us one: sin has divided us. Since then, there are two men within us, a Cain and an Abel; one carnal, the other spiritual; one earthly, the other heavenly; one of man, the other of God. Often, in His merciful justice, God afflicts the dominating flesh to free the enslaved spirit; He strikes the body to save the soul.
So it is with all humanity. God had made it one: sin divided it both from God and from itself. Since then, in human society, there have been two societies: one of the good, the other of the wicked; one of the just, the other of sinners; one of the children of God, the other of the children of man; the first, represented by Abel, Seth, Enoch, Noah; the second, by Cain and his descendants. When the corrupted part of mankind came to corrupt almost all the rest, God struck the flesh to save the spirit.
The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. Individual messages can be fully encrypted. But the user has to turn on that function. It's not automatic, as it is on Signal and WhatsApp. The original Telegram channel has expanded into a web of accounts for different locations, including specific pages made for individual Russian cities. There's also an English-language website, which states it is owned by the people who run the Telegram channels. Russians and Ukrainians are both prolific users of Telegram. They rely on the app for channels that act as newsfeeds, group chats (both public and private), and one-to-one communication. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Telegram has remained an important lifeline for both Russians and Ukrainians, as a way of staying aware of the latest news and keeping in touch with loved ones. Markets continued to grapple with the economic and corporate earnings implications relating to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “We have a ton of uncertainty right now,” said Stephanie Link, chief investment strategist and portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors. “We’re dealing with a war, we’re dealing with inflation. We don’t know what it means to earnings.”
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