cannot guide a blind man

Imagine having an argument with a soccer player. He thinks he's playing soccer when he is dribbling the round object between his hands and throwing it towards the backboard. You attempt to explain to him that if he were, in fact, a soccer player, he would be using his feet and not his hands; that he would be kicking the ball towards the goal and not towards a rim. All the while, the soccer player is pointing out remotely related actions. He's using a round ball, no? He's playing a sport, no? He's wearing some kind of a sports jersey, right?

I don't know how shepherds of churches call themselves shepherds if all they can do is order the sheep around without all the loving care. If all you do is tell sheep where to go -- and don't take the time to brush out the wool, speak to their noses, run around the meadow spraying water at them -- well, you're no better than a sheep dog, no?