a really nice quote copied from william...

Came across this argument by C. S. Lewis's in Mere Christianity today:

According to the argument, most people are willing to accept Jesus Christ as a great moral teacher, but the Gospel records that Jesus made many claims to divinity, either explicitly (John 10:30 "I and the father are one"), or implicitly, by assuming authority only God could have (Matthew 9:6 "the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"). Assuming that the Gospels are accurate, Lewis said there are three options:

1. Jesus was telling falsehoods and knew it, and so he was a liar.
2. Jesus was telling falsehoods but believed he was telling the truth, and so he was insane.
3. Jesus was telling the truth, and so he was divine.

Thus, Lewis maintained that one cannot argue Jesus was merely a great moral teacher because his moral teachings would be invalidated by virtue of either his lying or his insanity. On the other hand, if he was divine, he must clearly be more than merely a great moral teacher.

And of course, being Emmanuel, He must be.