"*Laura*, in the Bible it says that people must be like sheep, not goats. Goats analyze and then act. Sheep don't question, they just follow."

Actually, it's not putting too fine a point on it to say that the Bible doesn't say that we must be like sheep -- rather, it accepts that we are like sheep -- easily led astray.

When God is spoken of as our Shepherd, it is to illustrate his care for those who are, by nature, lost.

When Jesus is spoken of as the "Lamb of God" it is because of the sacrificial nature of his mission on earth, and to illustrate the submissive nature with which he accepted the crucificion.

I will keep the advice about human bites in mind, but I might still continue to post here.