Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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ways that are so inbred in us all that it takes very careful
and prayerful watching to be able to detect this very
grave error in ourselves. We will now look at a few of
the most common ways of being untruthful.
One very common way to be untruthful is thru exaggeration.
Sometimes we want to make an event or circumstance
appear very large in order to impress our
ideas on others. If we analyze our statements correctly,
we see that we have not strictly told the truth.
Again, others belittle a statement or occurrance, in
order to present the view that they want their hearers to
accept.
This is not respecting the truth under all circumstances;
and it often causes as much trouble as the one
who exaggerates.
Again there are those who seemingly have great respect
for the truth who only half listen to statements
made by others; therefore they do not get their thought,
and when they repeat their statements they put others in
a false light. The ones who thus err probably do so thru
having their own minds so lilled with what they think
the speaker ought to say that they really think he said
it. Persons addicted to this fault would (ind its great
safeguard not to repeat things told to them by others.
This is a safeguard to all, for it is very seldom that one
is required to repeat what another has said; but if one is
so required, one should be very careful that he gets the
thought of the words, rather than the words themselves.
Every one has heard some very expert lying done by repeating
the exact words of another but using a different
tone of voice.
Still others show a great disrespect for the truth, in
repeating only a part of what they have heard or seen,
and in repressing the part that they do not want their
heaters to know.
This often makes the worst kind of a
falsehood; for if there is one kind of a falsehood that is