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Summary Of Mere Christianity By C. S. Lewis

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In C.S. Lewis’, Mere Christianity he goes into depth about the concept of Universal Moral Law and what it truly means as he presents his thoughts in his rhetorical argument. C.S. Lewis seems to captivate a reader's thoughts by expressing that there is a Universal Moral Law. In addition, if there is a moral law-giver, then there must be something greater in the universe. All together, C.S. Lewis concludes that through this, there must be something beyond the universe itself. Lewis states that,“human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it.”(Lewis, Page 3). In this he states this law as the Moral Law, also called the law of right behavior. I interpret what …show more content…

C.S. Lewis questions our own personal conscience and asks us to really think about what we are being asked. This concept is described to us as the Trilemma.The Trilemma is derived from William Lane Craig, a Christian apologist, and he states that the Trilemma is defined as either Jesus being the Lord, a liar, or a lunatic. Jesus is not lunatic or liar, therefore, he must be the Lord. Lewis also states that Jesus is fully divine and fully human. In addition, C.S. Lewis includes that one must either choose if Jesus was really an all divine son of God, or was he just a delusional mad person. Lewis highlights the importance of Jesus being much more than a “great moral teacher.” He also states, “..But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to." (Lewis, page 55). In this, Lewis tells us that Jesus believed and made claims that he is the Son of God,and that he is the one true Messiah. Was jesus just merely a liar? Lewis concludes that if Jesus was just a liar then he misled his followers, lived a lie, and all these claims that he made ultimately led him to his own crucifixion. How could Jesus just be a moral teacher and do so much incredible works and miracles? Why was he a just a carpenter in the small town of Nazareth? Why did he go there instead of a larger Jewish nation, with people that believed in polytheism, who could be more easily persuaded. These are the questions that Lewis asks us to ponder on as we think about if Jesus was just a good moral teacher, or if he was the Son of

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