Either altruism or selfishness? Both are evil. The latter we already know to be evil -- no one takes it for a virtue. But this brand of altruism is selfish and something more: it's pretentious. It pretends to be God Almighty, who alone has the power to give infinitely without counting the costs.

The humble servant of God, however, without pretending to be God, can be happy and satisfied with simply doing good and making others happy, and God happy. Mother Teresa of Calcutta would say, "Let's do something beautiful for God", which meant feed this poor man, or carry this dying old woman to a place where she can die in peace. Mother Teresa would not have to die too (like Jesus) or be God for the people she helped.

Behind this so called "altruism" is the arrogance of the desperate atheist, who feels that he must not only do good, but be the origin of goodness, as for him, there is no God upon whom to rely. No, the poor, "superman" atheist or agnostic must be both the doer of good on earth and the all provident God and origin of all good: a heavy burden, even for God!

I have read some philosophy, and believe this atheistic notion of "altruism" originated in Immanuel Kant's writings on Ethics. Would be nice if someone more familiar would give me an inkling of from where this nasty and warped sense of charity, "altruism", came from in human terms. In spiritual terms, I already know it's from the devil (if he exists, and even if he doesn't).