Ex-Feng Shui Master Accepts Christ; Calls Chinese Geomancy Devilish |
Anugrah Kumar March 10, 2013
Hong Kong's Tony Chan Chun-chuen, a famed feng shui master,
has renounced the Chinese system of geomancy as devilish, and became a
Christian after reading the Bible. As he was baptized this week, he changed his
name to Peter Chan.
Chan was baptized by Pastor Lam Yee-lok at the Crossroad
Community Baptist Church in Tsing Yi Island in Hong Kong on Tuesday, South
China Morning Post reports.
"This is the happiest day in my life. It felt like
getting married, and I could tell everyone that I am a Christian," he was
quoted as saying during his private baptism, attended by about 70 friends and
relatives, including his wife, Tam Miu-ching.
Chan's wife testified that she has seen changes in him after
his conversion. "He has changed, becoming quieter, happier, and less
agitated," she was quoted as saying. "We are more harmonious now, as
he is spending more time with the kids."
Chan, who made billions by providing feng shui services to
rich people, stands trial next month, on charges of forging a will of the late
billionaire Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum. He spent years battling to get hold of her
fortune after she died of cancer in 2007. The tycoon, at the time of her death,
was chair of Chinachem Group and Asia's richest woman.
The 53-year-old said he was not afraid of going to jail.
"There is nothing to be scared of here, because all that matters is under
God's plan."
Chan recently told a gathering of Christians that his past
was "complete crap," and "has to be flushed away." Feng
shui, an ancient Chinese belief system based on harnessing natural and
spiritual energies, he said, is fake. "Only Christ is true. If feng shui
turns out to be true, it is only the devil playing tricks… you have to be
especially careful if they come true, because by creating such effects, the
devil's motive is to lure people towards him," The Standard quoted him as
saying.
Chan told Commercial Radio this week that his life began to
change in March last year, when his Christian driver Henry Tam quit and gave
him a Bible. "When I held on to that Bible, I felt like paralyzed … and
warmth in my heart … so I asked Henry, 'Can I have a meeting with a
pastor?'" he said.
Chan then met Lam Yee-lok, who together with another pastor
told him about Christianity.
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