Mar 05 2008

The “Problem” of Pain…

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On February 22, 20/20 aired a special on “medical mysteries.” It covered people born without the ability to feel pain. While to some, this sounds like a blessing, it is a horrible curse.

As a baby, one child teethed on her own fingers to the point that they looked like hamburger meat. She chewed on her tongue like bubble gum… so badly that they had her baby teeth were removed. Then her adult teeth came in too quickly, and she managed to knock all but one of them out of her mouth by the age of 3. This girl (now 6 years old) damaged her cornea so badly by poking herself in the eye, that they sewed her eye shut in a desperate attempt to save her eye.

And then she tore the stitches out of her eye. She didn’t feel a thing.

One of the most talked about topics on the blogosphere is “The Problem of Pain.” Yet after watching this program, I wonder what would happen if pain and suffering were not a problem anymore. Read more »


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