Is Satan evil?

[CapnAwesome]

Unfortunately, Satan is one of those characters that a lot of people think isn't mythological. There are millions who blame everything bad in the real world on this guy. It'd be worth investigating Sauron's character if his character was considered real by so many people that it had serious life-and-death consequences for people.

That millions of people accept Satan is real is a good reason to argue that he isn't real, not a good reason to argue he isn't evil.

I understand that it is interesting from a mythological stand point, the same way as anaylizing the Illiad or something but what can be the point in convincing believers that Satan wasn't that bad of a guy? To turn Christians into Satanists?

It also does Atheists no favors as Christians already somehow associate us with Satanism. It's also fairly silly biblically. Satan tortures Lot (with Gods permission) in the old testament and kills his relatives. In the new Testament Satan tries to prevent the salvation of mankind. If you accept a biblical worldview Satan is obviously the bad guy. What should be said is that the biblical worldview is totally against modern morality.