Jacob's sons, who held themselves for "honest people" (Gen 42:11), may have thought this way: we are not of the worst. We do not steal foreign crops, as many around us do. Although there are plenty of us, we are not criminals dragging foreign herds away although we could. Yes, some are of course better than us, but there are so many worse that God could not accept almost anyone if he kept the standards so high.
One prefers to keep his secret chamber closed, as well as the sons, and relies on the fact that if (by chance) something went wrong, a bit of religion will solve it (but nothing should be exaggerated), and even if not, then a purgatory will do. And it can't be that bad there, I will definitely not be there alone ...

It was for these "honest people" that most churches were built. The fact that the number of people visiting them has decreased significantly recently does not mean that people are reconciled better with their conscience; rather, (in conformity with the spirit of a the present age that wants to have everything here and now) the problem of the relationship to eternity is transformed into a relationship to the present, and the neurosis of conscience toward God turns into a neurosis of a personal identity.