how is it a contradiction? read your bible, communicating w/ the dead and all witchcraft was against mosaic law. thats why the spiritist didnt want to tell saul she was a spiritist cause she thought she would be killed. once again how is this a contradiction? and just to clarify. telling a story about what someone did is not a contradiction. teaching someone too different things one violating the other is. what you are saying would be like saying the bible contradicted itself because david commit adultery w/ bathsheba which has nothing to do with the bible contradicting itself it is just a story about david commiting a sin..