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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