You prefer to believe that there is an evil counterpart of of G-d out there? If that were the case there wouldn't be One G-d; there'd be two.
Evil would not exist if G-d had not created the worlds and chose to continue to exist Alone, but He chose to create. He could have created only spiritual worlds, but He created our lowest physical world as well. He could have not created a creature with free will but did so. He could have chosen not to endow this creature with both a good and an evil inclination but He did so. He could have chosen not to give this creature any laws to obey. But He did all these things, and all these things lead to at least the possibility of evil.
As a Fundamentalist chr*stian you are used to thinking in terms of a gigantic cosmic war between G-d and his "evil enemy," but there is no such war and there is no such enemy. There is only us with the free will to obey the commandments G-d has given us or to disobey them--and the fact that the evil inclination we were created with in the beginning raged out of control after the sin in the garden.
You have always thought that Judaism is merely the first stage of chr*stianity, but it is not. It is very different. And I'm afraid you will never be able to fit Judaism into an alien (and pagan) dualistic system.
I don't mean any of these things in rancor. I'm just being honest with you. If it's any comfort, I used to believe as you do. It takes a while to understand and to stop projecting chr*stianity into the TaNa"KH.
ZC,
No I don’t believe that..I believe Satan is one of GOD’s rebellious Angels..I assume GOD could of destroyed him if he chose to do so, but I think he wanted human beings to have free will and come to know him not by force but by our free will to do so...GOD is eternal so before Judaism, before the first human beings were created, GOD was dealing with rebellious angels and Satan...
I am not a fundamentalist Christian, I am a Christian non-denominational and I try to do what Jesus commands first to Love GOD with all my heart my soul and mind and to love my neighbor as myself.... I do think that GOD wants all people to try and adhere to all of his laws in Torah but GOD knows most people won’t.....Judaism is a religion that is built on a belief in a Monotheistic GOD, it based on a cultural and ethnic bond that many Jews have with each other, and traditions of family and history, and I more than respect that....I just think without Jesus Christ Gentiles would be more evil and hate the Jews more than they do today...
An Orthodox Rabbi said that the USA is a Christian Nation because it is the only country that does welcome the Jews...
I hope you see the GOOD of the Christian Faith....