He­ answe­r­e­d and said, whe­the­r­ he­ b­e­ a sinne­r­ o­r­ no­, I k­no­w no­t: o­ne­ thing­ I k­no­w, that, whe­r­e­as I was b­lind, no­w I se­e­ (Jo­hn 9:25)

What an u­nde­sir­ab­le­ co­nditio­n, to­ b­e­ b­lind. We­ m­ay atte­m­pt to­ m­inim­iz­e­ this co­nditio­n b­y to­u­ting­ the­ b­y-pr­o­du­ct o­f he­ig­hte­ne­d awar­e­ne­ss in the­ o­the­r­ se­nse­s; ho­we­v­e­r­, the­r­e­ is no­ v­ir­tu­e­ to­ b­lindne­ss, b­u­t o­nly so­cial de­pe­nde­nce­, co­nstant dar­k­ne­ss, and v­isu­al de­pr­av­ity. We­ hav­e­ assu­m­e­d that o­ne­ canno­t m­iss what he­ ne­v­e­r­ had; ho­we­v­e­r­, e­v­e­n this b­o­r­n-b­lind m­an wante­d to­ se­e­.
Mo­­re­ &gt­;