Okay, I've been in and around both sides of religions, and I do believe this is the first attempt at saying tithing is an act of fraud. I don't necessarily disagree. Just noting that it's the first time. I'd assume the down votes were expected with this one.

Yes, expected. The explicit order is to give "god" the money. This confers a benefit to the tither, per spec (the spec is kinda old.)

“But why does god need money?”

- soon to be murdered guy.