4 ms·

My sister's involved with Hillsong. A scam if ever I saw one. I no longer have anything to do with her.

whatthesmack 8y ago
Would you mind elaborating? I personally enjoy the music Hillsong puts out, but am always curious about the inner workings of an organization such as theirs.
- parski 8y ago
  Yes, please elaborate.
  - jenebzix 8y ago
    Cult activities — they teach exclusion and isolation of their members against non-subscribers. Submission of financial independence of members, they must actually tithe of 10% their wage to the cult and this is actually audited by them; they hate the LGBT community (they are hateful anti-gay cult); tax free status, they make big dollars from victims and pay nothing toward society. Evil scum.
    - sctb 8y ago
      Would you care to please post civilly and substantively instead declaring others to be evil for declaring others to be evil? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- giancarlostoro 8y ago
  They share a bit of commonalities with IHOP. I think they might mean their "internship" program is a scam. Look into how IHOP is a cult / scams young people. Its a lot of fluff. My cousin too joined one of the internships but for her own reasons and thankfully she knew better so by the time she got out she just knew we were right about them, except she knew the whole enchilada. In the case of IHOP they have sexualized lyrics which they front as worship music by over emphasizing being the Bride of Christ. This leads sexually frustrated / confused (in a Christian viewpoint / sense) youths even more confused about Jesus and their relationship with Him. Its a lot to take all at once so research it and pray about it and take your time. I just personally avoid IHOP / Hillsong for multiple reasons. The other thing to remember is they are not all at fault some are just there genuinely or misled into being there.
  - hotcrossbunny 8y ago
    Took me quite a while to work out you weren't talking about pancakes
    - rhizome 8y ago
      It is indeed an initialism for International House of Prayer.
    - giancarlostoro 8y ago
      Hah I had wondered the same thing when I found out about them, I should of explained. Heard their name too often for a few years.

Would you mind elaborating? I personally enjoy the music Hillsong puts out, but am always curious about the inner workings of an organization such as theirs.

parski 8y ago
Yes, please elaborate.
- jenebzix 8y ago
  Cult activities — they teach exclusion and isolation of their members against non-subscribers. Submission of financial independence of members, they must actually tithe of 10% their wage to the cult and this is actually audited by them; they hate the LGBT community (they are hateful anti-gay cult); tax free status, they make big dollars from victims and pay nothing toward society. Evil scum.
  - sctb 8y ago
    Would you care to please post civilly and substantively instead declaring others to be evil for declaring others to be evil? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
giancarlostoro 8y ago
They share a bit of commonalities with IHOP. I think they might mean their "internship" program is a scam. Look into how IHOP is a cult / scams young people. Its a lot of fluff. My cousin too joined one of the internships but for her own reasons and thankfully she knew better so by the time she got out she just knew we were right about them, except she knew the whole enchilada. In the case of IHOP they have sexualized lyrics which they front as worship music by over emphasizing being the Bride of Christ. This leads sexually frustrated / confused (in a Christian viewpoint / sense) youths even more confused about Jesus and their relationship with Him. Its a lot to take all at once so research it and pray about it and take your time. I just personally avoid IHOP / Hillsong for multiple reasons. The other thing to remember is they are not all at fault some are just there genuinely or misled into being there.
- hotcrossbunny 8y ago
  Took me quite a while to work out you weren't talking about pancakes
  - rhizome 8y ago
    It is indeed an initialism for International House of Prayer.
  - giancarlostoro 8y ago
    Hah I had wondered the same thing when I found out about them, I should of explained. Heard their name too often for a few years.