Why do some Christians, notably the ones who feel they have to defend their beliefs always talk in parables?

Question

I keep noticing that certain people who are trying to defend their belief system always resort to talking in parables, or fables or morality tales which they obviously learnt in sunday school, Venomfangx on youtube is a constant offender,

I found this on another answer thread:

"I remember watching the landing on the moon when I was a child. Scientists were so sure the moon had been around for billions of years that they were concerned about the amount of dust that had accumulated, fearful that the lander would sink into a thick layer of the stuff and be in a heap of trouble. the landings revealed that the surface was so solid and so shallow in dust that even the engines had produced hardly any crater at all. This was in direct opposition to the predictions that had been made, and when viewed with unbiased eyes reveals the theory of evolution to be an impossibility. According to the calculations the lander should have experienced a minimum of fifty feet of fine powder."

WHY!!

Answer 1

Well, this isn't a parable, it's a lie. This "tall tale" isn't even worthy of acknowledgment. No NASA scientists ever thought the moon was covered in 50' of dust. There's no way they would have even contemplated landing on the moon if this was a risk. It has as much truth to it as the "green cheese" moon theory.

The reason that Christians embrace, and continuously re-tell these sorts of lies (like the Noachian flood) is because plenty of idiots (mostly in their own congregations) happily believe them, and when you tell a lie often enough, it becomes the truth to people.

I especially like how the evolution line is brought into this absurd claim. Most any 10 year old with a cursory understanding of science and critical thinking would be able to sniff our the stench of this bullcrap. The problem is people just aren't taught how to think critically - a skill that enables one to see an irrational claim without having to possess any actual specialized knowledge about the claim itself. They do, however, learn fairly early to believe what friends, celebrities, politicians, and news outlets tell them. This is why so many people in the world today are dead certain of stuff that just ain't so.

It is frustrating.

Answer 2

A better question would be why do they lie?

Your moon dust example is an infamous example of creationist lies. The scientists were not expecting deep dust on the moon.

This is just another lie (albeit used as an analogy) to back up their belief in a deity.

Maybe we have here a new word? The analoglie?

(PS any creationist still using the moon dust argument is preaching away from their own choir, as even promininent creationist websites are citing that argument as one NOT to use now. Proof that the truth will out. Eventually.)

http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/dont_use.asp

Answer 3

The religious experience is highly subjective and can really only be understood through the thought-forms of character. The main purpose of the religious experience is to realize that the world is not at all unlike how Shakespeare described it:

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts"

Answer 4

Moon dust? What does moon dust got to do with anything? I remember some Protestant church came up with a book showing a man's footprint next to a dinosaur's one.

Answer 5

It's like a river with shallow banks. It runs off course easily.

:p

I like using parables. So sue me.

Answer 6

I don't. I talk pretty plainly. Is there anything you would like to ask me?

Answer 7

because christains put their blames on others