Whenever confronted with this question the Christian apologists always come up with the same sorts of answers. At the Got Questions website for example, we are told:
The Lord Jesus frequently used parables as a means of illustrating profound, divine truths. Stories such as these are easily remembered, the characters bold, and the symbolism rich in meaning.
And Dr. Richard J. Krejcir says:
Jesus uses parables in edifying and instructing us ... He uses simple everyday illustrations, allegories, stories, and word pictures ... that people could understand and relate tohttp://www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/web/articleid/78397
But the apologists are wrong. Jesus wasn't trying to help the audience by giving them stories that were easy to remember and understand. He was deliberately trying to keep them in the dark! Listen to what he says in Luke 8:9-10,
The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.
He deliberately used parables to ensure that only the select few would be saved while everyone else went to hell.
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