acctually in Christianity, Satan wants to be like the most high, instead of loving the most high
the history of Satan is that he was Lucifer, God's greatest and most beloved angel who turned away from God by attacking the throne Satan wanted to be like the most high
I Love the Satan tirade in The Devil's Advocate and alot about Satan's nature wich is being described troughout it: (alltough i don't base my opinions on this movie, but i agree that this is what the Devil stands for... it's christian...)
In Christianity Satan doesn't love God, he loves freedom of God laws, he loves lawlessness... dissorder and chaos.
(in the movie, John Milton represants Satan, Satan is called John Milton in the movie after the 17th century writer of Paradise Lost)
Kevin Lomax: "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" (original John Milton quote), is that it?
John Milton: Why not? I'm here on the ground with my nose in it since the whole thing began. I've nurtured every sensation man's been inspired to have. I cared about what he wanted and I never judged him. Why? Because I never rejected him, in spite of all his imperfections. I'm a fan of man. I'm a humanist. Maybe the last humanist.
Satan his opinion about God, is that of the everyday atheist argument for not believing in God... nothing complex whatsoever
"Let me give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do, I swear for His own amusement, his own private, cosmic gag reel, He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow. Ahaha. And while you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughin' His sick, fuckin' ass off. He's a tight-ass. He's a sadist. He's an absentee landlord. Worship that? Never."
about obstacles, Satan sets the stage here on earth, and we choose to abide according to God's will or not. in contrast to Islam this has a dillema, cause how could people be punished for abiding to Iblis' will when everything you do is because allah wills it that way? how can Allah then punish me for that if he makes me? Allah is a master of puppets not of beings of free will.
What Satan does with free will in christianity is far more believable thou, and without the theological contradictions.
"Free will. It's like butterfly wings: once touched, they never get off the ground. No, I only set the stage. You pull your own strings." -- i think the buttefly wing intro is also a original John Milton quote.