2007-03-24 12:51:41 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So that people would have to ponder what he was saying in order to understand it.
2007-03-24 12:55:29 · answer #1 · answered by Amy R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To use fewer words. We get way more out of a parable than we do out of a direct statement. There are sometimes hundreds of teachings from one short story.
I think it is also because it is the easiest way for people to understand something that they would not normally understand. Using something that someone can understand to describe what they can't. An analogy.
He describes Heaven in lots of analogy's.
2007-03-24 12:56:45 · answer #2 · answered by RedE1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because people remember stories which give examples. The parables are examples taken from the ordinary life of the listener.
2007-03-24 14:01:57 · answer #3 · answered by Mary W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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At least in this instance, Jesus demonstrated, he was inaccord with what was written about him.
"All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds by illustration. Indeed, without an illustration he would not speak to them; that there might be fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet who said: "I will open my mouth with illustrations,..." Mathew 13:35
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2007-03-24 13:20:14 · answer #4 · answered by mygrandmaker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to look at it in context. In biblical times, storytelling was a common way of passing things down from generation to generation. My guess (though I have nothing to back this up) is that most commoners did not have access to many resources or formal education, so this was an easier way to communicate to the general population. Storytelling and the oral passing down of history is fairly common in many ancient cultures.
2007-03-24 13:00:25 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We understand better when a message is illustrated using life experiences. Jesus used experiences that the listeners could relate to.
2007-03-24 12:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes the best way to get a point across to people is to put it in the form of a story. It's often easier to remember and it gives you references you need to fully understand the point.
2007-03-24 13:00:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He used it as a teaching tool. It is very effective, it helps people to see a difficult matter in a new light that is so much easier to understand.
2007-03-24 12:55:40 · answer #8 · answered by elcaballosrock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus answered that question:
Matt 13
2007-03-24 12:58:26 · answer #9 · answered by robert p 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Either because people were a lot dumber back then, or they were a lot smarter.
Imagine if STOP signs, said THINK. How many accidents would there be, and whose fault would they be?
I prefer rules be dispensed in an unambiguous fashion (if you expect me to obey them.)
2007-03-24 13:00:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋