Yes. That's the point. Satan believes that we are better off being like God than in letting God be God. Wasn't that the serpent's statement? That God knows if we eat that fruit that we will be like Him? Satan wants to free us from bondage to God by making us like Him. He thinks this is good.
Do you think anyone sets out in life to live a life of evil?
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Yes. That's the point. Satan believes that we are better off being like God than in letting God be God. Wasn't that the serpent's statement? That God knows if we eat that fruit that we will be like Him? Satan wants to free us from bondage to God by making us like Him. He thinks this is good.
Are you sure of this ? Are you sure it's not ... Satan thinks that it would be good if he was God ?
Why do you think that he would have any inclination to share any power with us ? Why do you think that Satan cares anything about us ? Isn't it true that he lured us into disobeying God, with full knowledge that we really couldn't be God ? After all, he had tried and had gotten kicked out of heaven. Isn't it like he just wanted to take us down with him ?
Do you think anyone sets out in life to live a life of evil?
Most naturally, ... not from birth.
But, ... do I believe that some people, at some point ... do decide to live a life which disdains God's moral constraints ? Yes.
In fact, I believe that some (and this might include Satan) do decide to live a life which is as much in opposition to God's will as possible.