John:

Apparently you have no answer. Your worship practices are unbiblical. You better close down that church of yours pronto and start meeting in a home.

FX

Adding water to wine before drinking was customary, and still is, in many parts of the world. Therefore, this practice comes from the belief that Jesus probably added water to the wine at the Last Supper. (Prov. 9:5): "Drink the wine which I have mixed for you."

The offering is both traditional/symbolic and real. First, we offer bread and wine as it was customary to makes food offerings as a means of support for Chirst's church. We carry that tradition forward from the early Christians. At the same time, offerings of currency support are made to the church. Are you saying you pass no collection baskets around for your congregation to volundarily offer some of what they have to your church? Interesting.

Your other comments are typically semantic and I really don't have the time to waste on arguing over your semantics.

FX