Vanity (religious) in various forms - explicit and disguised manifests itself in a sense of triumph, superiority, exalting oneself above others, in disrespectful attitude to people who belong to different confessions, which is associated with seeming personal merits, belonging to a special group of believers, to a religious doctrine, confession, with possession of special abilities, certain own views, a privileged position in the religious world.
Man's vanity leads him to religious fanaticism, to total devotion to his shepherds and their beliefs.