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Besides the cross, what's the main symbol of Christianity (ok fish is big, dove, etc.)? The shepherd's crook. Bishops staffs are designed to look like a shepherd's crook.
Why?
Jesus as the Good Shepherd.
You think that crook was just for looks? Hell no. Shepherds are not soft, pacifistic men who let their flocks go where they will, eat what they will, and be preyed upon by predators.
No, that crook is for whacking the sheep on the ass when they go astray. The hook is for yanking a wayward sheep back in line and even rescuing a fallen or trapped lamb.
This idea of a soft, effeminiate, pacfistic "live life as you will" Jesus, is ahistorical and flawed.
You're missing the point. The shepherd protects his flock. The shepherd protects his flock from threats both internal and external.
Jesus was tough and critical to his followers. He challenged. He pushed.
"Force people into submission" is not a message of Jesus. Nor is a "live and let live" attitude towards his followers. It's those who are held to a high standard.