But the people had become so entrenched in their religion, they had invested so much in it and it made them feel so good about themselves — self-righteousness does that — that they weren't about to abandon that religion.

Dukansu shafukan yanar gizon sun kasance suna da takardun lokaci masu kyau waɗanda, yayin da ba cikakke ba, sun fi dacewa da wani abu sai dai ayyuka masu mahimmanci.
