Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, ?after the tradition of men, ? ?after the rudiments of the world,? and not after Christ.
Colossians 2:8 KJV

Because that, when they knew God, they ?glorified Him not as God, ? neither were thankful; but became ?vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened…? Rom 1:21,22

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Eph 2:2