Let's put the whole thing in its context - an amalgamation of folk-tales, ancient middle eastern religions and tribal spin-doctoring. I'd say the bad guy is the human who finds higher reasons to justify hatred, bigotry and murder.
What exists now of the Bible has also been hugely edited by Christian power-brokers over the centuries. If you can read about any of the Gnostic gospels, you will find some interesting edits that survived by accident, including the notion that the god of earth is a very imperfect being.
If you believe in that kind of thing.