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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