"So, you don't believe there's a devil?" my mom asked.

"No," I responded, "and you?"

"Yes," she said.

"Really?" I asked. "What do you mean by that? Do you believe there's an actual being called the devil?"

"Of course not," she said. "I just think there is evil in the world; people do bad things."

“Do you also believe that God is omnipotent?” I asked.

“Yes,” she answered.

“But how can you say there's a God that is all-powerful, Almighty,” I said, “and then there's another evil power, the devil, which overpowers God. That’s contradictory.”