A thought never had

[Chad32]

You could easily interpret Satan as the better person, as long as you don't take the book's word for it that Yahweh is a good person. Actions speak louder than words, and Yahweh's actions don't speak well of him.

Tell me what Satan did that makes him a good guy.

We can read about all the horrible things that Yahweh did, and make our own decisions about how "evil" Satan his for committing the horrible crime of not wanting to worship the kind of person that the old testament shows Yahweh to be. It makes him a brave martyr for justice in the eyes of people who are horrified by what Yahweh does.

How much better is he? I'm not sure. supposedly he gave us knowledge of good and evil, to make our own decisions, and tempts us to do the things that come natural to us, regardless of what the big guy upstairs wants. The jealous, vidictive individual who thinks people who have done nothing more than not worshiping him enough are deserving of death, set an impossibly high standard on humans, and created a pit of fire for those who don't beg him to spare them of it.

Honestly I can't think of anyone doing much worse to their own creation than Yahweh, even if satan isn't that spectacular a guy himself.