Currently, there seems to me to be a big push toward the antihero. This is the guy who isn't a good guy, often selfish, but at the end of the day does the right thing, mostly. I think this comes from the realization that people aren't often a paragon of virtue and therefore are more relateable to us. So what does this have to do with Genesis 3?
Some have tried to put Satan in this category. Satan isn't the best but he's really not that bad. He did give mankind the freedom to choose for themselves and if you're smart and talented enough you might be able to outsmart him. This is of course completely wrong. It revises the story of the serpent's deception so much it's like saying Hitler was a hero because he brought about an economic and technological increase in the world. Yes, WW2 did those things but sorry Hitler wasn't a hero, and neither is Satan/Devil. Good came because God stepped in and did good but that doesn't make the fall a good thing. I could give other examples but I think I made my point. Satan was a bad guy through and through a murderer and a liar from the beginning (John 8:44). Let's not make him anything else.
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