Assumption of Self-focus

It was the other day that I realized that religions assume that humans have only self-focused motivations. They preach "do this or that for someone else so you can have a good death". They automatically assume that all most humans care about is themselves and their own "position" in their God's eyes when they die or where they will go when they die. I disagree. Many humans do things for others because they are doing something for other people. This is especially true for those individuals who are non-religious. As non-religious individuals, they gain nothing from helping others; no improved afterlife. Could this mean that they are actually more "pure " in their good intentions than people who are devoutly religious? I think so!