Any nongood creature within the area of a holy word spell suffers the following ill effects.
Yes.
"Any nongood creature" means ANY nongood creature.
If it excepted allies, it would say "any nongood enemies."
If your GM puts arbitrary restrictions on your ability to cast detect evil, he'll probably also put arbitrary restrictions on any other method you devise that might potentially reveal the alignment of your companions.
Edit: Does he also prohibit you from using detect evil to identify the alignments of enemies when your companions are in a position to also be detected by the spell?
Yea I know the GM will come up with "some way" of defeating my intentions but I will at least have him scrambling for answers. Thing is I have just been introduced into this gaming group and was instructed to make "as good aligned of a character as I can". I've been with the group 7 sessions now and I am left with my deity and temple not allowing me to speak with them(even though I still pray for my spells) because of the group I'm running with. I've also had "visons" of the world coming apart if I dont run with them. Very frustrating!!
Hmmm. This is raising a lot of red flags to me. It strikes me as VERY odd that a GM would ask you specifically to bring a good aligned character into an existing group with evil aligned characters, and then start restricting your character's abilities.
Are you friends with these guys? Are you just filling in for someone? Is there some backhistory/baggage about alignment we don't know about?
If a GM has decide he's going to "teach the new guy a lesson" this is not going to end well.
Granted I realize I don't know the whole story, but I would stay alert. If the GM keeps trying ways to keep you from using your class abilities and/or dealing with the party AFTER you designed a character as you did per his request, I'd get the heck out of dodge. Based on what you said it does not sound like a healthy situation, and one upsmanship on rules knowledge will unlikely be very effective in the long run at least. Good luck.
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Basically: if its not fun, don't play. If it's fun, keep playing.
Your GM might have some kind of grand story brewing that requires your character to be good. If so, best bet is to pull him aside, and talk to him bluntly about it. You can always play long with his machinations if he lets you in on the plot.
If they're just screwing with you to screw with you, then forget it.
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3 players leaving in 7 sessions is a warning sign. Now, the warning might only be "their play-style is different" and that's fine, as long as you are aware.
My golden rule is: role-playing is a hobby. If a hobby causes you stress, it ain't really a hobby. If you're enjoying playing with the group, despite the occasionally annoyance (that 'jerk' player you mentioned), then game on!
On the other hand, you have started your own group and you have the potential to make a game the way you want. Experiment in your new group, talk about changes with all the group and see what you can play with.
Final word: Don't be anyone's whipping boy.
Cheers
Litmus test: correct the GM about something and ask if he was aware of it, or was it a modification you weren't aware of. IE: that whole detect evil actually ... detects evil.
If the GM goes "oh I was wrong yeah you should totally be able to do that." You might just have some people that are learning, and they just kind of established this culture. Hope remains because the culture can change.
If the GM gives you the "how dare you question the GM, the rules are whatever I want" then you've got some jerks... and probably should get out of there.