ARE HINDUISM AND "WORD OF FAITH" THE SAME? Yes! Hindu gurus sell the idea that their devotees can have perfect health and perfect wealth by donating the appropriate amount of their cash to buy the right trinket from the guru, learn their techniques, and then "use the force of their words" to make whatever they’d like happen. That is exactly the same teaching as the high wealth and perfect health message pushed in our Western society by the Word of Faith guys and gals. How rich are Hindu gurus in such a low average income country? Well, Sathya Sai Baba, was estimated to be worth 40,000 crore. Hey, doesn’t "crore" sound like manly money? It’s like, “Roar!” money. Anyway, he was worth about $6.7 billion in 2011. And these gurus are ripping off India’s dirt poor, some of which are literally starving to death. Yet those poor people are led to believe, by Hindu gurus, that giving the guru cash will pull them out of their situation. That sounds just like the Word of Faith preachers in the American Church, who ask for your cash on late-night television with promises of God’s financial blessing in return. You can find out all about them, in great detail, with our huge study, "Charismatic Chaos." The Word of Faith people are modern-day gurus conducting their fundraising business inside the Christian Church.