of course the show has Biblical underpinnings, everyone in the town is a good christian who goes to church each sunday, or trying to be in spite of hard times, and the show certianly has more respect to God then any other Television show probably in history. the show itself is extremly well written and very entertaining and you really get the sense of what people of that time went through. we just bought the huge box set of little house, and its just a great show, if not one of the all time best family shows that have high morality. when i have kids one day, i cant wait to have them watch this show, its just amazingly well done, michael landon rocks!