CHRISTIANS were WRONG and misinterpreted the devil who is not actually evil, according to one scientist. The shock claim comes from a scientist who has spent more than 40 years researching the subject. According to Henry Ansgar Kelly, a research professor from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), there is actually "no evidence" to sugges the devil should be portrayed as evil. Instead, Professor Kelly suggests Christians have got it wrong and Satan was actually trying to do good and is on God's side, but got "overzealous" in his judgements. He said: "There's little or no evidence in the Bible for most of the characteristics and deeds commonly attributed to Satan. "A strict reading of the Bible shows Satan to be less like Darth Vader and more and more like an overzealous prosecutor. "He's not so much the proud and angry figure who turns away from God as he is a Joseph McCarthy or J. Edgar Hoover. "Satan's basic intention is to uncover wrongdoing and treachery, however