Kidan
Moderator
[b said:Quote[/b] ]. Yes, Saul did go to the witch to know what Samuel thought. But I wonder, is it trully through the powers of darkness that the dead are raised? GOd raised his Son, Jesus raised Lazarus and others, Saul brought that boy who had fallen out of the window back, the girl who was dead got up and lived when Jesus said to. If a spirit is raised up or communicated with, then is it through an evil catalyst?
There is a difference between the raising of hte dead and what John Edwards and Saul's witch did. They are communicating with the dead (something against OT law, and didn't Samuel end up cursing Saul over it?) Edwards and the witch are practicing a form of necromancy (magic involving the dead) which is a form of witchcraft and as such an evil work.