ates in Col 2:23: "Such [basic principles of the world] indeed have an appearance of wisdom but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence." It teaches that the senses, which are naturally in all humans, should be controlled. Jesus himself was tempted for 40 days and nights straight, but did not give in to seeking pleasure in those temptations. The Utopians could be free to seek pleasure anywhere if sin was not in the world, but it is. Christ knew this, and therefore would not subscribe to the society's beliefs.More again tries to make his society closely related with the teachings of Christ in the way Utopia tries to rid itself of greediness. He felt that social organization was to blame for greediness: "No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want but there's no scope for that sort of thing in Utopia" (More 80). Again, this is not true according to the Bible. Eve was greedy by eating the fruit of knowledge so that she would have the wisdom of God. Since Eve was the first woman in creation according to the Bible (which Thomas More himself embraced) and she was greedy, it is safe to say that all humans are naturally greedy. By More saying that no living creature is naturally greedy, he is saying that there is some good in us, which is not true according to the Bible. Romans 3:12 says, "All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one." More has a point that greed is wrong and we should not be greedy, but to think that we begin in life with some amount of good is against the teachings of the Bible, and therefore would not prompt Christ to accept this "perfect" society.Towards the end of the book, Utopia becomes somewhat of a heaven on earth as it begins to sit on the judgement seat of God in a sense. Utopia does not believe in war and will do anything they can to get out of fighting. One method they have adopted is hiring Venalians (who are ...
