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;