FanFiltration said:

TheBoost said:

For what it's worth, has Jacob ever done anything that was clearly 'good' for anyone? Ever?

He paid for Kate's lunch box, He helped Jack get his stuck Apollo candy bar, He gave Hurley a nice guitar case worth about $100 with a wooden Ankh inside (value unknown), he offered the Man in Black (his declared enemy) some of his Fish/Meal (thought of as extreme good manners & saintly in some cultures)... All of these acts would elevate someone to sainthood in my eyes.

Whoooohooooo! I am uber saintly then. I do these sorts of things all the time, and still see myself as a fairly selfish person. I think I will change my description from "Evil One" to "Saint". Even just today I altruistically gave someone I didn't know a dollar to buy themselves some nasty carbonated HFCS Water from a vending machine.

EDIT: Very interesting post FF, I like your theories.