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Have you considered that the culture of hospitality in Texas might be related to the values found in the Bible you are so quick to dismiss? Values are like the
by triangleman 9y ago
Have you considered that the culture of hospitality in Texas might be related to the values found in the Bible you are so quick to dismiss?
Values are like the vitamins of culture: You don't notice how helpful they are until you get scurvy.
- meesles 9y agoI think this is absolutely true, but you'd think the Quakers would have left some wholesomeness in the Northeast as well, right? I would hope that we don't need to depend on religion, hundreds of years later, to instill good values in our children.
- dmode 9y agoCulture of hospitality exists is many other places that has nothing to do with Bible. Example Afghanistan
- yters 9y agoAlso due to ancient tradition. My general experience is traditional cultures are nicer. Hospitality is usually a sacred value, e.g. Bible's story of Abraham unwittingly being a host to God.
- vinay427 9y agoYour point of course stands, but this example may not be ideal. It is a country where the predominant religion follows ideas very closely related to those in the Bible.