"Ye adulters and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." Jas 4:4
The term "world" here obviously means secular society- society apart from God.
2007-05-21 12:02:14 · 9 answers · asked by icyhott4urmind 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. We are already a society that is apart from God. God doesn't exist.
And religion is a poor predictor of morality. You can't really judge whether a person is a good or bad person based solely on what religion they follow.
If you ever took the trouble to know some atheists, you'd find them to be decent and generous people, as a whole. This is reflected by the fact that atheists tend to occupy a much lower percent of prisons than in the general populous.
2007-05-21 12:05:10 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No. Firstly, a biblical quote carries no authority of any sort; there are too many errors to consider it to be anything but a work of fiction. Secondly, there is no such thing as god or satan. Thirdly and most important, societies get along just fine without any sort of religious influence.
2007-05-21 19:07:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Since you offer as evidence a text from your religion, you are not introducing anything that may be relied upon as probative.
To that extent, you are engaging in circular reasoning, which is not good logic.
2007-05-21 19:06:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Your analogy makes no sense, dude. Many Satanists believe in God, but choose not to follow the Christian religion.
2007-05-21 19:06:16 · answer #4 · answered by Rapunzel XVIII 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No its not. There are many that believe in god but don't follow his teachings.
2007-05-21 19:11:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
remember when god said don't judge lest you be judged... something along those lines...
2007-05-22 01:05:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
That's just more holier than thou nonsense.
2007-05-21 19:09:11 · answer #7 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I hadn't thought of it that way, but I think you are right.
2007-05-21 19:09:36 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, the Bible is full of bullsh!t, you've just found some more.
2007-05-21 19:08:25 · answer #9 · answered by dissolute_chemical 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋