Of course there are some pens better than others.. but better is a judgement call.. its an observation.. Some dont see too good.. others see things that are not there.. yet others.. are blind.. Some sheep are not too smart.. i.e. Mormans. JW's ect..
Sheep are not called to be smart they are called to be sheep.. i.e. Apostles argueing which would be greatest in heaven.. Sheep argueing over which pen is best is an old story.. There are even pens within pens.. i.e. orders.. monkdoms, denominations etc..
I tell you the sheep pen metaphor is deep.. The more you identify the characters and operators in the metaphor the deeper it gets.. So more more for US that have observed the prolifieration of the schism of christian identity.. The sheep pens are real.. clubs.. call them churchs.. But be advised the word church in greek means the CALL OUT ONES.. not the penned up ones.. Called out of WHAT?.. read John 10 and you see called out of what..
I know, I know it goes against othodoxy and extant lore but I didnt devise the metaphor.. Do you think the lord was embedding future things, even a prophecy?.. I do.. You know TO KEEP SOME OF US from going even more nutz.. and becomeing cynical..
First I don't think you are using the pen image the way the Lord was -- and we can have some fun with that.
But the second and more important (to me) was that I wasn't asking if the sheep in the pens were better, but if the pens themselves were better. Despite my many virtues and enviable characteristics as catalogued in the earlier post, I don't think ->I, moiself<- am better than you. I might claim, though, that I have better accommodations.