IS THE "WORD OF FAITH" MOVEMENT JUST WESTERNIZED HINDUISM? [1 of 4] Even a secular world can see the Word of Faith preachers for the hucksters they are. Day after day they get on television, claiming we can have a perfect life full of riches beyond our most ambitious dreams, just as India’s gurus promise Hindus. Both the Word of Faith people and Hindu gurus also promise perfect health. Still, the Christian Church today is mostly silent about these people in our midst. And what is the result? Second Peter tells us that the failure to mention it, thus allowing it to grow in the Church, brings the truth of Christianity into shameful disrepute. We must call a spade a spade! Here are the kinds of preachers Peter warned us to look out for in these last days of the Christian Church: "In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them and their destruction has not been sleeping.” In other words, we don't want to be around them when the hammer comes down.