How did Jor El expect his son to use his powers in Superman 1-2?
In the first movie (1978) Jor El told that it is forbidden to interviene into people's history. But in the second movie he was against his son letting go his powers. First he tells not to use them, then he's against getting rid of them.
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The question supposes that the only possible use of Superman's powers is to change the past, which is contradicted by the many other things he uses his superpowers for in Superman I and Superman II.
Every person has many abilities which they use for many purposes. But as far as I know nobody has ever used their abilities for the purpose of changing the past. Jor-El could be in favor of Kal-El using his powers in many ways which would affect or change the future history of Earth, while being against Kal-El using his powers to change the past history of Earth.
Just as many persons on Earth - including readers of this Stack Exchange - are in favor of themselves and other persons using their abilities for many purposes but opposed to people using their abilities for other purposes, it is perfectly plausible for Jor-El to be in favor of his son using his superpowers on Earth for some purposes and not for others.
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It sounds like you misinterpreted what Jor-El said.
He was not telling Superman to not use his powers to affect events on earth. In fact he specifically wanted Superman to use his powers to help people.
What he was forbidding was for him to “interfere in human history”; as in altering the past. A clue to this interpretation is that Superman remembers him saying this as he is making the decision to reverse time to save Lois. He is specifically choosing to disobey that decree.
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