[freebilly]

Christians never put great stock in family

I suppose Paul and Peter never told husbands to submit to their wives and wives to submit to their husbands and fathers to be kind to children. The Bible is a great manual for living life with others, including family....

[RobbyS]

Family as in clan. The early Christian church grew through proselytism, not reproduction. Christian reverence for virginity was not shared by their Jewish contemporaries.