Then it is up to God what should be done with the powers. That's kind of THE WHOLE POINT.
Pagans believe and teach that we can have power granted by nature to do what we want to do. Sure, we should do only good things with these wonderful powers, but that's just because we care about people and the earth.
On the other hand, the Bible teaches that any powers you have that other people (muggles) don't have either comes from God, for His purposes only, or from Satan and the demons, even if you say you're using the power for "good".
People who don't attribute their powers to God and don't use their powers for his purposes (i.e. foretellers) are strongly distinguished from those who have special abilities from God, for God's purposes (i.e. prophets).
The belief that you can have supernatural powers to do what you want to do (whether or not you only do what you personally think is right) is exactly what the Bible condemns when it speaks of witchcraft.
***he Bible teaches that any powers you have that other people (muggles) don't have either comes from God, for His purposes only, or from Satan and the demons, even if you say you're using the power for "good".***
Excellent point.
And the HP books push the old Spiderman axiom: with great power comes great responsibility.
The whole series is completely blank on the God issue. Looking for religion in the series is a waste of time. now if you don't want to like it because it doesn't push Christianity that's your perogative, but don't lie about it. It's not anti-christian, it's religiously neutral. What you get out of it on the religious question will be what you put into it. Hunt for things you won't like and you'll find them, hunt for things you will like and you'll find them, personally I prefer to read the story the author ACTUALLY wrote and not hunt for my own bias. And the story the author actually wrote simply is not anti-christian. They don't teach that you can have supernatural powers and do whatever you want. That "message" simply is not there, only people who want it to be there will find it, and that's THEIR freaking problem for trying to find reasons to doubt their faith under every rock in the world.