Sheep and Goat: Which do you prefer?
By Nic
@academic2 (7000)
Uganda
December 3, 2007 8:11am CST
I like Sheep because it is a naturally glorified animal, am Christian, the bible symbolically refers to a sheep as an epitom of goodness, of sinlessness, and where sin has taken hearts of men, God prefers a sacrificial lamb, which refers to a sheep, to cleanse the sins, my Lord Jesus is fondly referred to as the lamb of God, and when the bible attempts to differentiate between good and bad, again the sheep is used, for example on the last days of Judgement, the Bible says the sheep will sit at the right hand side of God the father, while the goats known for their notoriety and chaos, will go to the left for onward disposal to hell. I like sheep myself Buchi_bulla, it is a cool animal that even dies without making too much noise, it has beautiful furs, it is a good companion of man. Which do you like, sheep or goat?
4 responses
@Omabunga (92)
• Philippines
3 Dec 07
I too am a Christian and like you, I also prefer sheep. It symbolizes purity and like you said goodness and sinlessness. Did you know why Jesus is sometimes represented as a sheep? Because sheep follows it's master without question and is very loyal. That's why people who follows Jesus are considered as sheep.
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
27 Jan 08
Hi academic2, I had seen from the documentary on tv, sheeps looked lovely and clean in their whitish and beautiful furs which are quite useful to human being for clothing material. It is tame and elegant in movement whereas goat doesn’t look as tame as the sheep.
@isikopeacejohn (109)
• Uganda
25 Jan 08
Yah, i love sheep to, and eating it's meat has always been my disire...
So, hi ugandan, am glad i've met guys from home around here, finally... i've been here for quite a while... 2yrs...
Hope u're fine... see you around...
@erminiasanjose (1588)
• Philippines
24 Jan 08
Sheep is also lamb and the Lamb of God is the Lord Jesus. A lamb is not a complainer and so it does not complain whatever is done to it as the Lord accepted the punishment of crucifixion for sins He had not done but that's the way He took away the sin of the world. Goat on the other hand resembles those people hard-headed and going to hell on the last day.
