For most people, especially the younger generation and the intellectuals, they tend to reduce faith to reason. They need explanations to be logical and scientific in order for them to come to believe in the existence of God. It is not wrong of course, to seek rational proofs. That is part of our formation of faith as well. Faith and reason are not contradictory. Nevertheless reason alone, whilst not impossible, cannot bring one to faith. Faith needs reason, but faith is beyond reason. Faith is therefore reasonable, but not reasoned. Reason establishes the credibility for faith.
Having said that, faith also requires the grace of God who is at work in all those who are open and sincere in trying to seek Him. Do not be discouraged in your search for God. Continue to seek Him, but most importantly, ask for the gift of faith so that you may encounter Him in a way that transcends reason.
For most people, especially the younger generation and the intellectuals, they tend to reduce faith to reason. They need explanations to be logical and scientific in order for them to come to believe in the existence of God. It is not wrong of course, to seek rational proofs. That is part of our formation of faith as well. Faith and reason are not contradictory. Nevertheless reason alone, whilst not impossible, cannot bring one to faith. Faith needs reason, but faith is beyond reason. Faith is therefore reasonable, but not reasoned. Reason establishes the credibility for faith.
Having said that, faith also requires the grace of God who is at work in all those who are open and sincere in trying to seek Him. Do not be discouraged in your search for God. Continue to seek Him, but most importantly, ask for the gift of faith so that you may encounter Him in a way that transcends reason.
The S&P 500 slumped 1.8% on Monday and Tuesday, thanks to China Evergrande, the Chinese property company that looks like it is ready to default on its more-than $300 billion in debt. Cries of the next Lehman Brothers—or maybe the next Silverado?—echoed through the canyons of Wall Street as investors prepared for the worst.
Telegram auto-delete message, expiring invites, and more
elegram is updating its messaging app with options for auto-deleting messages, expiring invite links, and new unlimited groups, the company shared in a blog post. Much like Signal, Telegram received a burst of new users in the confusion over WhatsApp’s privacy policy and now the company is adopting features that were already part of its competitors’ apps, features which offer more security and privacy. Auto-deleting messages were already possible in Telegram’s encrypted Secret Chats, but this new update for iOS and Android adds the option to make messages disappear in any kind of chat. Auto-delete can be enabled inside of chats, and set to delete either 24 hours or seven days after messages are sent. Auto-delete won’t remove every message though; if a message was sent before the feature was turned on, it’ll stick around. Telegram’s competitors have had similar features: WhatsApp introduced a feature in 2020 and Signal has had disappearing messages since at least 2016.
