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My Mormon friend doesn't believe that our thoughts are just electrical signals in the mind
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You don't have to be Mormon, or even Christian to believe this. Can you answer this question for me -- How can an electrical signal be true? And rejecting your position here hardly entails dualism, and rejecting dualism (or even being a materialist about persons) hardly contradicts Christianity.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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