I played golf Saturday with some strangers. I live in central Texas in the middle of fundamentalist Mecca. The men I played with in this local tournament started talking about Satan. They are Baptists. I am not a Christian. I did not join in their conversation but I can't get it out of my mind. They seemed to be saying that Satan is real just as God is real and that he has God-like powers. So does he? Or must he do his evil acting through humans who do his bidding using ordinary human powers. I guess I am asking if anyone can tell me what the Baptist Church's position is on this question.