His badge of office was not a sceptre, but a towel. That is to be our model too. So we will have to abolish the 'clergy' - or the 'laity'. Ethology Ethology is the study of the comparison between human and animal behaviour. Animals as diverse as fish, worms, gazelles, and lizards stake out particular areas and put up fierce resistance when intruders encroach on their area.
Many species use odorous secretions to mark the boundaries of their territory.
For example the wolf marks its domain by urinating around the perimeter. Turfism' is rife in churches. The Bible has many stories and injunctions about reversing this effect of the Fall. Now pastors and leaders in the church are invited to be 'hospitable' rather than 'territorial', and it's something they generally do very poorly. The biblical models are clear.