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Dupes, Deceivers, or… Catholics?
The Author in his own words:C.S. Lewis’s Trilemma: Liar, Lunatic, or Lord
In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis famously poses a trilemma, sometimes called the Liar, Lunatic, or Lord argument, which works like this:
Jesus presents himself as the Messiah, as the Son of God, and even as God. Given this, the three ways we can make sense of him are to conclude that he was delusional (believing he was God when he wasn’t), deceptive (knowing he wasn’t God but duping his followers into believing he w
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Jul 29th 2024