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I can not however but think at a sheep as an animal following the sheppard without asking questions



I can't think that a sheep would be able to ask questions in the first place.

The point of any parable involving a shephard and his sheep in the bible, that I know of, was something other than faith.

Parables aren't meant to be absolute in their application, otherwise one could say that Jesus only wants followers with curly white hair. There's usually a specific idea in mind (a lost follower whom the 'shephard' finds again) and so the best parable is chosen even if it isn't 100% fool proof. They, being a high context society, wouldn't have to worry about misunderstandings as much as we do anyway.

Again, I think you're reading those parables with a modern mindset, when they wouldn't have read it the same way.

Last edited by Irish_Farmer; 02/17/07 19:18.
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