But the bible says there is witchcraft and it is an abomination. How can one believe in the Word but not in the entirety of the Word?
Maybe this will help some..
There are several verses in the bible where it's stated there are no other Gods, here is one from God himself
"I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God I will gird you, though you have not known Me
Yet the commandment states "Thou shalt not have any other Gods before me" and several other verses besides that one state, in so many words, the same...as if there really are other gods.
My personal belief is, that is God speaking to people that think there are other gods, or coming down to their level in case they aren't convinced there are no other gods.
So that could cover why witches are mentioned but there are none, not really.
But to complicate matters, in a very real sense, there are, or mostly "were" witches.
What if back in the Old testament you went to a Witch for a potion, one that would help you sleep/relax, whatever. She whips out her Mortar and Pestle grinds up some plant flowers, adds a bit of eye of newt/whatever for the sake of dramatics or to make you think there is more to it than there is. Then she gives you small bag of the results, and tells you to use it as a potion by applying fire and inhaling the smoke (sound familiar). Would that not seem like magic, or a magic potion? And there are plenty more such things that can be administered for whatever reason...pain relief for instance
I'm thinking the eye of newt and such things were things that stories/movies are made of to male it seem magical because there is no drug affect from it, so it must be a magic potion in the mind of some. But real witches back then actually used things that work, making it appear to be magic, but it was really just something they crafted that today we know is not really magic. Like giving a magic fire stick to someone on a far away, technology deficient island, something we know as a cigarette lighter.
So yes, there are real witches that may still be able to deceive today but magic would be a tough sell in our knowledgeable society, however, back then they could get away with it pretty easily.
But hey, why not complicate it even further.
How bout those staffs turned to snakes that Pharaoh's sorcerers whipped up? Was that real magic? Maybe it's mentioned it was an illusion in there but I don't recall it. So if they could do that, could witches do real magic? I doubt it, but it bears mentioning. Maybe there were other cases in the bible I'm not recalling?