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.
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