When a famous poet and mystic was shown his eternal lot by an angel, he saw what many of us would consider Hell. However, when the angel left, the man saw something more pleasant.
Christians will say that their Bible has no errors. 2 Samuel reports that God, furious with Israel, incited David against them, and told him to count the people of Israel. In 1 Chronicles the one who incites David to count them is Satan.
Wanting Ahab to fall at Ramothgilead, God asked the spirits in Heaven how he should do this. In the end, God gave a spirit permission to become a lying spirit in the mouths of all of Ahab's prophets.
I ran into some people who insisted on telling me about how God is an all benevolent being who vomits rainbows and sunshine. That's what inspired what I wrote above. Except for that very first part.