For those of you not aware, there is an ever-growing group of churches who go by the name of Hillsong. Apparently they started out in Australia and have spread around the world. They’re the closest resemblance of a ‘cult’ that you typically hear about it. They guise under the Catholic/Christian faith, but practice it purely for the profit sake, and from what I hear, their preaching and teachings are terribly wrong.
Many people are commonly falling trap to their brainwashing techniques. We’ve known many people who have started attending their services regularly, and they come back quite different to the way they used to be. They display a great sense of Pride in themselves “You are not as Holy as us because we are Hillsong” is the kind of attitude their people display (although not in those exact words). The worst part is that it’s purely a money scam. The originator is a multi-million-air, and it’s hard not to be when the Church services stress the importance of giving more and more money to the collection plate (even going as far to imply that the more you give, the better you are in God’s eyes). So much so that they even have specially designed collection plates with weighted holes at the bottom; throwing in coins causing them to fall straight out, so you’re forced to throw in notes instead.
Can’t the Catholic Church do something, legally or otherwise about it? At the very least, you’d expect they’d be warning people to take caution with such groups. Anyone heard anything about this and where they stand?
