How come Satan has so much control over the nature of the Universe?

Whoever writes the story can make it any way he wishes.

Get out your pen and change it to the way you like.

Why did Jehovah not just destroy the rebels in Eden?

Adam and Eve rebelled against Jehovah. In effect, they said: ‘We do not need Jehovah as our Ruler. We can decide for ourselves what is right and what is wrong.’ How could Jehovah settle that issue? How could he teach all intelligent creatures that the rebels were wrong and that his way truly is best? Someone might say that God should simply have destroyed the rebels and made a fresh start. But Jehovah had stated his purpose to fill the earth with the offspring of Adam and Eve, and he wanted them to live in an earthly paradise. (Genesis 1:28) Jehovah always fulfills his purposes. (Isaiah 55:10, 11) Besides that, getting rid of the rebels in Eden would not have answered the question that had been raised regarding Jehovah’s right to rule.

Illustrate why Jehovah has allowed Satan to become the ruler of this world and why God has permitted humans to govern themselves.

Let us consider an illustration. Imagine that a teacher is telling his students how to solve a difficult problem. A clever but rebellious student claims that the teacher’s way of solving the problem is wrong. Implying that the teacher is not capable, this rebel insists that he knows a much better way to solve the problem. Some students think that he is right, and they also become rebellious. What should the teacher do? If he throws the rebels out of the class, what will be the effect on the other students? Will they not believe that their fellow student and those who joined him are right? All the other students in the class might lose respect for the teacher, thinking that he is afraid of being proved wrong. But suppose that the teacher allows the rebel to show the class how he would solve the problem.

A teacher allowing a rebel student to show the class a supposed solution to a difficult problem

Is the student more qualified than the teacher?

Jehovah has done something similar to what the teacher does. Remember that the rebels in Eden were not the only ones involved. Millions of angels were watching. (Job 38:7; Daniel 7:10) How Jehovah handled the rebellion would greatly affect all those angels and eventually all intelligent creation. So, what has Jehovah done? He has allowed Satan to show how he would rule mankind. God has also allowed humans to govern themselves under Satan’s guidance.

But Satan has made the outward appearance of the Universe looks exactly as if it were 14 billion years old and began in a Big Bang,

- But your god made this universe, not satan, try again.

Clearly Satan is in control over almost everything in the world. How is this possible?

- It is not possible.

Why does God permit it?

- He doesn't, you are just an idiot.

"But Satan has made the outward appearance of the Universe looks exactly as if it were 14 billion years old and began in a Big Bang." Sorry but the Bible says nothing on the age of the earth. The Big Bang is a plausible theory but, again, the Bible says nothing on the subject.

"The DNA of all living things look exactly as if they had evolved by the DNA of all living things look exactly as if they had evolved by Darwinian evolution." Sorry, again. Darwinian evolution, by Darwin, new nothing on the DNA. Instead of being a "proof" for Evolution, DNA, the code that controls many of inherited characteristics is very stable and has served to maintain the distinction between basic kinds of creatures down through the ages.

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, a scientist from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Germany, concluded: “Mutations cannot transform an original species [of plant or animal] into an entirely new one. This conclusion agrees with all the experiences and results of mutation research of the 20th century taken together as well as with the laws of probability.”

So, can mutations cause one species to evolve into a completely new kind of creature? The evidence answers no! Lönnig’s research has led him to the conclusion that “properly defined species have real boundaries that cannot be abolished or transgressed by accidental mutations."

This is a big experiment the # 1 person in the universe has on going - to-wit will your sole go to Heaven or hell and it is up to you ! And at the end of days the experiment will be over and the numbers will be counted in the win and lost category's ...

The problem exists because God doesn't.

Religion attempts to explain why bad things happen, by creating a scapegoat in the form of Satan, who they credit with causing all the evil or bad in others.

Your claim is not biblically sound. Scripture states that God gave earth over to Satan for a possession but only for a short time.

Because he is the true and rightful God. It was not Satan that drown the world, it was not Satan that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, it was not Satan that created the ignorance of man. It was Satan that showed mankind truth and knowledge.

You are being lied to. Get a kjversion Bible and believe. Jesus Christ is the truth. See, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbh7S6WWdMc and so on. As the man says, these are the laws of science telling you this, not sunday school lecture! Laws of science show creation and young earth! They admit rock layers formed rapidly! Evolution is dead! But they lie in textbooks to deceive you, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8GgrUposII They have been caught lying over and over. And where do lies come from? That is all they have. The bigbang is a lie and even they admit this! Study the Word of God. Jesus loves you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn84NYTZ-S0 and so on! Do you understand that creation is soo obvious that evolutionists are now forced to say, "well maybe aliens made it then!" to keep denying the truth. Deep denial! Sick. They would rather believe the moon does not exist because it is clearly created! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RMNGToGAEg and so on! Why aren't you told all these FACTS? To deceive you. Stop listening to these liars who try to push their religion of evolution on you. Jesus Christ is the truth. I'm sure they didn't put this in your textbook either, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ZU2oUaYZ0 and so on! They are lying to you! They control nothing! They explain nothing! They just lie and lie and hope no one actually questions them! Study the Word of God. Jesus loves you.

You mean Santa, right? Because Satan doesn't exist but Santa does.

"We know from the Bible that God and Jesus created the Universe and all the kinds of living things."

You obviously haven't read it.