Psychics practicing in malls

Psychics practicing in malls

From Pelita

In recent weeks psychics have been practicing their art at
several malls in Jakarta. Their activities drew widespread
attention by the media.

The mall managers said that the psychics were actually a sales
gimmick to draw shoppers, who were interested in knowing their
future or were curious about their health.

Some customers who were interviewed said that they had their
fortune told for fun, but there were others who used these
fortune-telling services to help change their fate.

As a community of faith, should we not leave mysteries and the
future to God? Matters of love, fortunes, encounters and death,
are beyond human comprehension, and even psychics are highly
unlikely to understand these subjects.

How can people be so shallow in their beliefs by swallowing
stories and directions of these fortune-tellers?

Moslems should especially avoid fortune-telling because the
practice is considered an unforgivable sin.

Encouragement of this practice by mall managers is opposite of
government efforts of trying to raise the nation's intellectual
capacities, based on Pancasila and religious teachings.

To achieve developed results blessed by the Almighty, the
business sector shouldn't combine unholy activities with
religious matters. We may be innovative and creative in business,
but please don't spoil public faith, particularly the faith of
Moslems.

Let us race down the road of development in all fairness,
avoiding the destruction of the public's wholesome faith. I am
appealing to government officials, such as security personnel,
prosecutors, and the Jakarta administration, to halt these
fortune-telling practices.

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