User blog comment:ImperiexSeed/Michael or Death, who's stronger?/@comment-3045936-20120428202152/@comment-3045936-20120503005511

By calling him a child was respect to Lucifer's powers and age.

DEAN: We need a spell to bind Death.

CROWLEY: Bind? Enslave Death? You having a laugh?

DEAN: Lucifer did it.

CROWLEY: That's Lucifer.

SAM: A spell's a spell.

CROWLEY: You really believe you can handle that kind of horsepower? You're delusional!

If Death was equal or even weaker than Michael why would Crowley call the boys crazy and said made a point to point out it was Lucifer whom cast the spell as he is more powerful than all angels minus Michael. Now yes Dean a mortal cast it. But, Godstiel removed it with no effort and he Death made the point that Dean could unbind him from Lucifer. Now he could have said the same thing about Michael or Lucifer. However, even Lucifer had only limited control of Death, namely where and when. And Michael while more powerful than Lucifer he isn't so stronger that he could snap his fingers and buff goes Lucifer. The fight between them would destroy them Earth as while Michael is stronger and older the power between them isn't like from Michael to normal Castiel.