Body language, music, visual displays, and even different sounds are methods of communication, but words still remain the primary method for transfer of thought. Perhaps someday in the future, humans will be able to exchange information from the brain to another person directly. But for now, we are generally limited to our language and the fragile and imprecise medium of words. The basic problem with words is that they mean different things to different people. In his teaching, Jesus used a method of using words to convey a lesson, called a parable, an earthly story with a heavenly...

Body language, music, visual displays, and even different sounds are methods of communication, but words still remain the primary method for transfer of thought. Perhaps someday in the future, humans will be able to exchange information from the brain to another person directly. But for now, we are generally limited to our language and the fragile and imprecise medium of words. The basic problem with words is that they mean different things to different people. In his teaching, Jesus used a method of using words to convey a lesson, called a parable, an earthly story with a heavenly...