Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
Wasn't he going to die? So he saved himself by turning into a titan.
The Scouts didn't declare their intention to kill Ross, so he didn't have to assume that he'd have to die.

His fixation was on returning "God" back to his side, and if that wasn't possible, he took it upon himself to keep the Titan power within his bloodline. That's how I read it.