His Holiness the Gromit

Trice: "Something that is related to the OP, that I saw pointed out in an essay by David Brin _Whose Millenium?_:There are two common Christian metaphors for the relationship of God to humanity -
1) God the Father
2) God the Good Shepherd.
These are usually though of as being equivalent.However, a good father raises his children to become his equals. What does a shepherd raise his sheep to become?"
Me: Dog food.
Trice: <.<
Me: It's true! Wallace and Gromit said so!