Indulging A Friend

My friend wanted to tell me how real and powerful evil could be.  He even wanted to personify it, and so we talked of Satan.  Now, I would as soon not have gotten into that since Satan is not for me the reality he seems for my friend.  I would be as pleased to dismiss Satan all together since, while he may offer some explanation of evil, he does so at the expense of more reasonable explanations.  I am uncomfortable with the thought of a power such as this.  It adds nothing to either my faith or my understanding, and should my friend ask do I believe in Satan, do I think him real, I would as soon say no.  But my friend does not ask.  We stay friends and we move on to another question.