tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post7438412578726459877..comments2024-03-15T20:15:34.428+13:00Comments on ξενος: 1 Samuel 1-4: Biblical family values?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-81940065477979063462009-01-20T20:27:00.000+13:002009-01-20T20:27:00.000+13:00apologies, i see what you mean about "BFV".Re the ...apologies, i see what you mean about "BFV".<BR/>Re the history of "BFV" in America, interesting, where did you get that from? would be interested to follow it up.Jonathan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295840754661890186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-16172951361439077022009-01-20T14:19:00.000+13:002009-01-20T14:19:00.000+13:00I was using "Biblical family values" in quotes in ...I was using "Biblical family values" in quotes in the same context as you were.<BR/><BR/>I agree that Hannah was exhibiting BFV. I also agree that when Jesus stayed in the temple as a young boy, he was exhibiting BFV. Any time God is glorified for a family decision, they are showing BFV.<BR/><BR/>"BFV" were not "strictly" utilitarian (I got carried away!) After the horrors of WWII, American society had to reconsolidate, and these attitudes helped them to do so. By shunning difference and expecting respect for authority (parents), the risk of failure was minimised and it was believed that everyone would be better off. It was for the good of the many.David and Jane Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00488568428274168072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-18408420233439801432009-01-19T16:08:00.000+13:002009-01-19T16:08:00.000+13:00Thanks D&J, sorry to steal your rant ;-) but.....Thanks D&J, sorry to steal your rant ;-) but...<BR/>Isn't Hannah exhibiting BFV?<BR/>How do you mean 'strictly utilitarian'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-15521208522154436852009-01-18T21:09:00.000+13:002009-01-18T21:09:00.000+13:00It sounds to me like you've just written verbatim ...It sounds to me like you've just written verbatim one of the rants that Jane and I have from time to time.<BR/><BR/>We've tried looking in the Bible, and we have not yet found a single example of a family exhibiting "Biblical family values" - not even Jesus' earthly family. "Biblical family values" were invented in the American mid-west following the second world war; strictly utilitarian.David and Jane Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00488568428274168072noreply@blogger.com