You should see what the tithes have built in my community. It's a mammoth monstrous building costing millions. Sadly I don't see it as dedicated to God. I see it as tithes wasted that could have been better spent on charity to the world's poor and needy.
Course, that's just me...and there's probably something wrong with me for thinking that way.
There's absolutley nothing wrong with tithing so long as it goes to God's work...just be sure it does.
You still have that, "Humbler than thou" problem, I see...