Is the devil truly evil or just misdunderstood?

I honestly think that nothing in life should be feared, only understood. The difference between good and evil is significant to the person viewing it, its all personal perspective and opinion. From the history and info that I've read on the fall of the devil from Paradise, the war in heaven and so on, Satan/Lucifer didn't really seem that deserving of his punishment, he seemed to act upon very humanly emotions that we've all felt. Maybe he didn't see eye to eye with gods rule, maybe he felt he could run things a little better, maybe he saw God as a strict tyrant rather than a true leader? Lucifer fell for his pride, but God made his beauty immense and gave him the power of free will, while other angels are bound by divine will...gods plans. God must have known Lucifer would lead astray and rebell against him, if he wanted to prevent it then why did he make Lucifer so beautiful, which lead to his pride? If God didn't want this then why did he give Lucifer such immense power mixed with free will knowing it would lead to Lucifer standing up to God and challenging and questioning him? Lucifer loved God, and when God created 'Man' and asked all angels to bow to his creation Lucifer didn't want to because he was loyal and obediant to God and loved him only. Lucifer saw the flaw in man that God did not at first, he saw that one day we'd all turn on each other, kill, destroy, wage war, rape, etc....Lucifer didn't want to bow to such unworthy and pitiful subjects. God then cast Lucifer down to earth and then tempted Adam and Eve with fruit from the tree of knowledge, but why is that seen as bad? He wished to inform Adam and Eve with the knowledge of good and evil, to teach us the forbidden secret....like Prometheus stealing fire (knowledge) from the gods to give to man. Lucifer just wanted fairness and equality....he felt heartache and betrayal, he wanted to be loved as much as God loved us, for the angelic hosts were no longer the superior beings and focus of gods love.