Yared
That Guy
If I remember Paradise Lost correct, Satan punishes the evil people because that is one of the few ways open to him to strike back at God. Evil people getting sent to Hell is undertaken by God, Satan simply strikes back at God. Same basic reason he decieved the Mother of Mankind.
Mm, makes sense.
Punishment is what happens when a law is broken as a means of correction.
It is illogical to me to think satan is punishing any one. Hanging out with an excommunicated angel may be fun, for all I know. Religion is what has produced a punishment mentality. I am not saying that God does not punish, He has the right, but I think that being cursed/damned is more terrible than being punished. Satan does not want any to be miserable IMO. He just wants them to miss out on what he once had, but can never have again. Of course his advice seems to lead to misery most of the time. Like trying the same thing in a 100 different ways and still getting the same result.
Now that is a new perspective.