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Originally Posted by Zero Signal
Satan is Hebrew for "adversary".
Lucifer (which means "morning star") rebelled against God (along with a third of the angels in Heaven) because he wanted to be as powerful as God. Satan is the ruler of Earth as uses his arsenal of deceit to sway the minds and hearts of humanity away from God. He cares nothing for anyone; not those that worship him or anyone else for that matter.
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That is the Christian view, but the Jewish view of Satan is different. The Jewish view is not that he rebelled against Gd, but rather that he is working for Gd as an agent to test the strength of the moral fiber of humankind. Although he entices humanity to do wrong, he is not an intrinsically evil being. He tempts mankind because Gd made him for that purpose. The Book of Job is an example of Satan questioning the sincerity of a person and testing him with hardship, all with Gd's permission to do so.
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Originally Posted by Zero Signal
God does not create darkness and evil.
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According to the Bible he does:
"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things." -Isaiah 45:7