Trying to be God Through False Charity

SandraBullockBig“[G]odly man must recognize that he has the obligation to be without pity and without charity in dealing with some, that this attitude, however harsh it may seem in terms of modern sentimentality, constitutes moral strength and spiritual integrity. He must recognize that he cannot rob himself or others in order to feed the undeserving of the world, or the improvident who demand as their right a portion of our wealth. … [T]rue stewardship means a humility whereby man avoids a fundamental sin common to false charity, that of trying to be God. In false charity the whole world is re-ordered and the nature of reality amended by the rebellious man, a would-be god whose societal forms and life constitute an act of warfare against God and His Word.  False charity is therefore a war against reality, and every war against reality is an insanity foreordained to destruction.” ~ R.J. Rushdoony in Politics of Guilt and Pity