8And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. The ultimate interest of man is to draw attention to himself. To elevate his own righteousness in a convincing lie to find liberation from an accountable God. False religion helps the self righteous depraved heart to achieve such a pride by promoting smart theological logic to make people feel better about themselves and find answers to unanswerable, toilsome dilemmas in life.
False religion promotes false faith.
Here false religion perfects the art of mutual flattery to evading the truth of the prevailing wickedness of sin and command to repent and believe in the Christ of Scripture. False religion feeds the hunger for personal religious significance. False religion celebrates the lie in a false faith that draws people further and further away from what they need to hear. The good news is counterfeited by a false account of it. Tolerant Religion has become popular and a highly profitable enterprise in our day because people, in their religious pride, will seek to hear that which will appease and flatter their own righteousness.