Alma continues with a very specific catalogue of the traits that are causing them to stumble. In addition to the wearing of costly apparel and setting their hearts upon the riches of the world, they are also exalting themselves over their brethren. This class division was one of the subjects of Benjamin's discourse, and it one of the other imported ideas of the competing religion. One of the effects of this social stratification is the belief that the higher social class "deserves" their wealth, and that the lower classes also "deserve" their fate. This social division on the basis of economics leads to the situation where they "turn…[their] backs upon the poor, and the needy…"