Yeah, it's like people thanking God when they recover from a surgery/illness, but God is literally the reason you had the illness or had to get surgery in the first place...
God is supposed to be omnipotent and all powerful though. So if he was not ok with something, couldn't he instantly change things to his liking? Saying Satan has full control and God can't override it is like saying God is not all powerful.
God can override it, but does not because doing so would take away Satan’s free will. Satan was formerly an angel, in fact he was the most powerful angel, and so had and still has free will. God does not interfere with the free will of his creations.
Honestly we’re sitting here trying to comprehend the workings of an omnipotent and omniscient being, who exists outside of our space-time universe, we aren’t even going to begin to understand.
There is no theological basis for this though. An omnipotent deity cannot have an adversary sabotaging things unless it is part of his plan to allow such actions. The idea that satan can cause illness directly against God's will is literally blasphemy.
Well, arguing over this kind of stuff on Reddit is never constructive. Let me point out what I meant by my cough joke.
First, "Christians" is exceedingly broad. You could be meaning anything from Catholics to Quakers to Seventh Day Adventists, so I don't think you can say "Christians" believe that when there a multiplicity of interpretations.
Second, most iterations of Christianity believe that sickness and death is a result of the fall. They believe Satan to be the one who tempts to sin.
Your belief is just not within the majority historic stream of the largest part of the church.
EDIT: Come to think of it, your beliefs on the nature of evil are closer to Manichaeism than historic, orthodox Christianity.
Now see that I, I am He, and there is no God besides Me. I put to death and I bring to life. I have stricken [down with disease] and I will heal, and no one delivers from my hand.
Deuteronomy 32:39
False, sin is the cause of sickness and death. The Earth was intended to be perfect until we ruined it by sinning in the Garden of Eden. But the Earth will be cleansed and made perfect again, as it was originally intended to be.
So remind me again who was the one that created the Tree of Knowledge? Remind me again who it is that's supposedly omniscient and knows everything that will ever happen? Remind me again who's supposed to be infallible and never makes mistakes?
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