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I respectfully disagree. The bible refers to followers of Christ as "sheep" over and over. He is our shepherd, I am one of his humble sheep.
Psalm 79:13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever and ever, praising your greatness from generation to generation.
Isaiah 40:10-11 Yes, the Sovereign LORD is coming in power. He will rule with a powerful arm. See, he brings his reward with him as he comes. He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
Ezekiel 34:30-31 In this way, they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them. And they will know that they, the people of Israel, are my people, says the Sovereign LORD. You are my flock, the sheep of my pasture. You are my people, and I am your God. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
I would call those other normies "Lemmings" or something, but not sheep. They WISH they were sheep.
The people we commonly call "sheep" today would be the goats in the analogy. Shepheard's always had both sheep and goats, and the heritage breeds of biblical times were nearly identical, not clearly defined animal breeds like we have today.
The difference was most evident in their behavior.
Sheep learn the voice of a single Shepheard, they cannot be fooled into following someone else. They will follow only their Shepheard, and they will go wherever the Shepheard leads them. Even the sound of his voice can calm them when they are afraid.
Goats on the other hand, could care less about the Shepheard's voice. Instead they will choose among themselves a leader, whichever goat is the most popular, and they will stubbornly follow that leader to their own destruction.
Separating the sheep and the goats was an easy matter. The Shepheard calls the sheep, and the goats stay behind with their "leader."
So when Jesus spoke of a Shepheard's voice and his sheep, and explicitly left out mention of the goats, people of the time knew exactly why the goats were not worth mentioning.
Excellent
The only difference between the followers of Jesus and those that do not, is those that follow Jesus know that they need a savior, shepherd.
That's the point, the sheep need Jesus to guide them in the right direction.