Re: Man born blind

• To: davidco@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us
• Subject: Re: Man born blind
• From: John_Maxwell.PARC@xerox.com
• Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 09:56:14 PDT
• Cc: kenneth@sybase.com, b-greek@virginia.edu
• In-Reply-To: "davidco@nethost.multnomah.lib.or:us:Xerox's message of Sat, 15 Oct 1994 19:44:57 PDT"

Re: "I do not see how this applies to "Who sinned, *this man* or his parents,
that he was born blind"-- of course the "sins of the fathers" notion
applies to "his parents," but why the concept that *this man* could have
been born blind because of *his* sin?.  How could he have sinned before
birth unless there was some concept of pre-existence?  Is there something
I am overlooking?"

I heard in a sermon once that the Rabbis of the time considered being born
blind God's punishment for heinous sins committed by the baby *in the womb*.
Sorry, no references.

Cheers,

John.

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