Diuretic
Permanently confused
Is that why you help the poor, if you do, because it "counts" with God? Pretty lame reasoning. I would imagine if "God" wanted the poor to be helped he'd prefer the most expedient way, not a bunch of whiners looking to score brownie points.
It reminds me of the idea of "merit" in Thai Buddhism. But doing good for non-altruistic reasons (that is for some sort of personal gain, temporal or spiritual) might not be so bad. So, perhaps it's a form of habituation?