(from a previous and subsequently forgotten mobile post)
From the vantage point I now have, the image of the people of God
being like a flock of sheep is wholly different – but I never really
looked at it from a nontheistic point of view. The pastor today spoke
to the children about why sheep need a shepherd – largely because
they’re not the brightest of the links of the evolutionary chain. Why
sheep need a shepherd is because they need protection. If there’s not
a shepherd around, the wolves will pick them off.  Why? Because that’s
what …