Fidel Castro survived over 600 assassination attempts. Do christians believe that he was protected by god?

I don’t know.

Some Christians believe that God has a plan for everyone. I grew up in an evangelical family and community (I opted out in my teens), and I did not hear people saying that. It was never part of what I was taught. People did talk about God’s will, but that’s a little different.

Hitler also survived numerous attempted assassinations, although nowhere near 600. I would guess that the same answer would apply to both.

I think everyone, including the most staunch Christians ask that same question about Hitler, child abusers, serial killers and trump. I don’t understand either.

He was protected by Cuban citizens and Russia.

Perhaps they think Castro was being protected by the devil.
I think he probably had good bodyguards and he was a lucky SOB.

But communists specifically disclaim god (or they used to) in favor of the power of the socialist state.

So it would be odd to attribute Fidel’s longevity to a concept that they specifically disclaimed.

Theists might believe that. I don’t know about Christians.

@gondwanalon so the devil is more powerful than God?

Oh, Loli, don’t you know by now that God’s protection is limited to White Anglo-Saxon Protestants?

It’s questions like this that led me away from believing. With a little help from Caravanfan, long time ago.

That doesn’t rule out God setting up the system and letting it run. Kind of like a pachinko machine, with balls randomly falling into various sections. Good vs bad would be subject to random prior events.
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But that means He doesn’t necessarily direct anything.

More likely the corrupt CIA who bungled over 600 attempts.