Are 'Christians Today' "Shepherds" or Just "Sheep in the Head of the Herd"?

It depends on which type o Christian you are. As an outsider I find many sheep and few Shepherds. The Sheep try to bully me into becoming Just like them. While Shepherds just suggest I try it then let me decide. Isn't the latter like Jesus?

I can only speak from a personal point of view. I don't see myself (or others) as either a 'sheep' or a 'shepherd'. I feel that, by accepting that Jesus holds a unique mission and asked us to accept God as our Father, I am therefore a brother of Jesus (unworthy though I may be). It is true that one of Jesus' favourite metaphors concerned sheep and shepherding but I don't believe that He really thought of His followers merely as unthinking 'sheep'. He understood, of course, that there are many things about the Kingdom which humans are unable to comprehend and, in that sense, we are as sheep being led by a shepherd. It is not, however, a metaphor which we should dwell on unduly. We are (most of us) intelligent beings with the power of thought and reasoning and we are better able to question the reason for our existence than sheep (presumably) are. I don't believe that we are forbidden to ask questions. Quite the reverse, in fact: it is only by asking for the reasons and logic that we stand any chance of coming to true knowledge and enlightenment. It is just those preachers who, effectively, say "This is what the Bible says, so you just have to accept it as Fact" who we should be wary of. They are not good 'shepherds': they are the kind of shepherd who tries to gather sheep into the fold with kicks and cuffs and barbed wire fences. A good shepherd knows and loves his sheep and calls them to him by the sound of his voice (or his flute, for many shepherds use music to let the sheep know where he is) and they come to him willingly. To the extent that our faith gives us a personal appreciation of God's will and that we are sometimes in a position to advise and guide our fellow humans, we might sometimes be considered 'shepherds' to others but (to remain within the metaphor) a flock of sheep will naturally choose a leader and ewes have a natural instinct to protect and train their lambs to be part of the flock, so each of us is no more a 'shepherd' to others than that, in my view.

I think lots of those real religious people are sheep's. They always seem to follow whoever it is selling them a bunch of lies. A true leader never follows.