1. It is part of the occult.
2. A sin against God
3. Discussed a lot in the Bible
4. God warns us against being involved in it-Exodus,Deuteronomy have many passages that discuss this topic and how God does not like it, nor does he want any one to get into it. Also, the New Testament warns us about it in various passages as well.
5. Rebellion is compared to it in the Bible - In I Samuel "Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft" is what King Saul is told when he counsults the wich at Endor. He knew better than to speak to her. In fact he was told to put all those who practice witchcraft to death. Instead he indeed up seeking the advice of the one witch who hid from him. He displeased the LORD when he did so. He payed a great price as a result too, after he talked to her, he was warned that he would die unless he repented of this sin. He ate food instead and died not long afterwards when God struck him down. What a tragic ending for King Saul.
What all is part of witchcraft anyway?
- Fortune telling-reading palms,crystal balls, horoscopes,wigi boards, tarot cards, and other Satanic things that involve telling of the future
- Good luck charms-rabbits foot,horseshoes
- Spells-regardless of the reasoning behind them (also called "black magic" or "white magic")
- Role play games-games that require the players to act out characters like witches, wizards,sorcerers, goblins, ghosts and eventually cause those who are acting out the parts to lose themselves inside their characters where they say they became the character they were playing (examples:Dungeons and Dragons, Castles and Cauldrons)
- Books that have witchcraft included in them-Harry Potter,Wizard of Oz,Satanic Bible and various others
- Other things that are part of this-"World of Warcraft" (a computer game, on the internet as well) ,etc.
- "Wiccians" -people involved in witchcraft that say "We are nor practicing witches. We merely do some white magic to help others out and people falsely accuse us of worshiping the devil."-quote from a Religion chat room on the internet (They are witches whether they admit this or not, and are so devil worshipers.)
- Worship of Satan, and the demons "devils"