I wish we didn't have toes, I don't see any point to them. If I walk more than half an hour my big toe throbs for the rest of the day. I thought sandals were supposed to be open-toed, otherwise they're just shoes FFS!
That is just your horrendous splayfoot from decades of heaving your monstrous bulk around in improper footwear. We were designed as barefoot creatures, frolicking in the long dewy grasses (unbelievably sensual, heavenly!) and I generally wear as little down there (and everywhere else) as weather will permit.
But philosophically that is your problem right there; closer to the earth is closer to God.
Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod. -- Gerard Manley Hopkins