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face=Arial>From: "kennethgmiller@juno.com"
<kennethgmiller@juno.com><BR>-1<BR><BR>In an Areivim thread titled "Asifa
- Lose Olam Haba", RMB wrote:<BR><BR>> Anyone who was firmly within the
target audience<BR>> realized it was guzma.<BR><BR>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?<BR><BR>Are they at all worried about people who will take their words too
seriously? ....<BR>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....<BR><BR>Where is that line
between truth and guzma? Once it gets blurred, to what extent can people
be held responsible for their disbelief? ....<BR>The sticking point, in my mind,
is where to draw the line.....</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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