I grew up singing his Bhajans all my life. I never liked him nor I was too impressed with the Bibhuti trick. It's not like he made a dead man come alive. Come on, who has a hair like him in India beside, and his follower doesn't seem to find the hair a bit odd. I have many near and dear ones who still follow him like crazy. With all my effort trying to convince them that he's "NOT" god, I've finally given up. Blind faith is the worst sin. I won't say he's a cult but things needs to be more transparent at his asram and he needs to STOP being God. If you come here at Sajha, being able to use a computer at these day and age, and if you believe in a living God- a human being( literally), then you're a hypocrite. Go back to living in the caves instead.
If philanthropy is the basis for his divine status, then yes of course, Bill Gates should be the bigger God than Sai Baba.