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Correct. It works pretty good.

Surely though you agree that pretty good is not the same as perfect.

God will perfect us in the Kingdom.
 
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Then why do I need glasses?

So your eyes can continue to be a wondrous thing.

God built such aging into our 'mortal coil' to prepare us for death.
 
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When the perspective is evolution of "consciousness", which is what I think it's all about, Human Beings are pretty strong in that trajectory.
 
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Our eyes are a wondrous thing.

Guess we could say eagle has better sight but then we would just get the answer how our own eyes are better for us so let’s divert a bit.

Despite our eye being “wondrous things” would you oppose bit of gene therapy to say raise their efficiency by 20% if the procedure was cheap, foolproof and without any side effects ?
 
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We might as well. We're all about treating symptoms instead of causes.
 
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When the perspective is evolution of "consciousness", which is what I think it's all about, Human Beings are pretty strong in that trajectory.

I think our 'cluelessness' is actually increasing.
 
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We might as well. We're all about treating symptoms instead of causes.

Yeah, at every doctor’s appointment they should just say that this condition is caused by sin and you really should work on it.

Imagine how much faster graduating from med school would get.
 
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I think our 'cluelessness' is actually increasing.
Not in a quarters. There's a social undercurrent of a vibrant spiritual awakening going on, though mostly outside of main stream religious institutions. These are folks who are looking towards the Wisdom traditions for spiritual insight.
 
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Yeah, at every doctor’s appointment they should just say that this condition is caused by sin and you really should work on it.

Imagine how much faster graduating from med school would get.

Some doctors do that now, although they don't use religious jargon.
 
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Not in a quarters. There's a social undercurrent of a vibrant spiritual awakening going on, though mostly outside of main stream religious institutions. These are folks who are looking towards the Wisdom traditions for spiritual insight.

Sounds pretty mysterious. Can you elaborate?
 
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Correct. It works pretty good.

Surely though you agree that pretty good is not the same as perfect.

We will reach perfection in the next journey. This old flesh has many weaknesses.
 
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Teeth maybe could use some improvement... no fun having rotten crockery in your mouth, which without modern dentistry most of us would have for the last 50% of our lives.


Might be all the sugar and other things we love so much. Idk. I'm 56 and my teeth are holding up pretty good so far.
 
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