Yesterday we looked a
little at the difference between rhetoric and lies. Some Christians can’t
see that there’s a difference, and that’s okay.
Sure, almost everyone uses
rhetoric regularly, so these folks are in for a tough time communicating with others
if they eschew it. And I suppose they may struggle to grasp the meaning of the many rhetorical
statements found in scripture. Not to mention that they’re going to suffer from
epic verbosity, given the necessity of qualifying and contextualizing every
statement they make.
Still, if someone wants to hold his speech to a higher standard of accuracy and explicitness, I won’t fight with him. It
may be that he’ll manage to successfully communicate with people that you and
I could not. And good for him if that’s the case.
So live and let live, I
say, at least where the use of rhetoric is concerned.