I’m confused.
If Satan ran the city, people’s hearts would not be full of lust, treachery, envy, sloth, greed, and all the fallen human desires that makes the world not filled of such decency? And what portions of the bible would people read, that they would not know of God’s love from the Living Word?
They would revert to reading Scripture as a moral guide, which happens in a lot of churches. How many people have you heard say that the Bible is a guide for living?
Living according to the Bible will cause many to clean up their acts, but as you know one sin is enough to condemn us.
Satan is not worried about Scripture, but of a proper understanding of Christ. As long as churches preach morals, Satan is happy, because he knows we can’t keep the law.
One more point: Satan is a master manipulator of Scripture. He can take Christ out of it sooo easily. We have to be careful to remember that Christ teaches that all of Scripture is about Him.
It’s a rhetorical answer to a rhetorical question, not what the author actually believes Satansburg would look like.
The point is, without Christ, what’s the point of leading a squeaky-clean, G-rated lifestyle? To prolong everybody’s march to the grave? People who don’t appreciate the true heart of the Gospel—Jesus’ saving power, the prospect of eternal life with God—and mistake all the “dos” and “don’ts” for its central message avoid sin not out of their faith in Jesus, not in an effort to make their lives a tribute to God’s goodness, but just so they can feel good about themselves. Works without faith are dead, too.