[Avodah] When is exaggeration proper and improper?

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From: "kennethgmiller at juno.com"  <kennethgmiller at juno.com>
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In an Areivim thread titled "Asifa  - Lose Olam Haba", RMB wrote:

> Anyone who was firmly within the  target audience
> realized it was guzma.

I don't read Areivim, nor  did I attend the Asifa, but the context of this 
statement doesn't really matter  too much. But it is a good opening to a 
question which has long bothered me.  Namely: Do Chazal or Poskim discuss when 
guzma is appropriate, and when it is  not?

Are they at all worried about people who will take their words too  
seriously? ....
I have always been something of a literalist, and when I hear  people 
saying things which are clear exaggerations, they tend to lose  credibility in my 
eyes. But as I have matured, I have come to understand that  guzma CAN be a 
legitimate rhetorical device....

Where is that line  between truth and guzma?  Once it gets blurred, to what 
extent can people  be held responsible for their disbelief? ....
The sticking point, in my mind,  is where to draw the line.....

 
 
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