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 : ''Christ either deceived mankind by conscious fraud, or He was Himself deluded and self-deceived, or He was Divine. There is no getting out of this trilemma. It is inexorable.''<ref>William Knight, Colloquia Peripatetica, 1870.</ref>
-The argument was popularized by the famous twentieth century Christian theologian and author [[C.S. Lewis]]. He outlined the argument in a 1943 BBC radio broadcast and it later formed the basis of his book Mere Christianity.<ref>Lewis, C.S., Mere Christianity, London: Collins, 1952, p54-56.</ref>
+The argument was popularized by the famous twentieth century Christian theologian and author [[C.S. Lewis]]. He outlined the argument in a 1943 BBC radio broadcast and it later formed the basis of his book [[Mere Christianity (book)|Mere Christianity]].<ref>Lewis, C.S., Mere Christianity, London: Collins, 1952, p54-56.</ref>
 ===The Argument===

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 # God (Lord)
-The premises of the argument rests on the fact that Jesus claimed to be God. Logically, if Jesus wasn't God then he was not very moral and so cannot be considered a great moral teacher and instead he must have either been lying or he must have been crazy. The only reasonable alternative is that Jesus is actually God. The argument also rests on accepting the reliability of the Bible which records the claims of Jesus to be God.
+The premises of the argument rests on the fact that [[Jesus: Our Lord and God|Jesus claimed to be God]]. Logically, if Jesus was not God then he was not very moral and so cannot be considered a great moral teacher - instead he must have either been lying or crazy. The only reasonable alternative to these two options is that Jesus was telling the truth, that is, Jesus is actually God. The argument also rests on accepting the reliability of the [[Bible]] which records the claims of Jesus to be God.
 ===History===

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 {{Infobox_Contents |
 topic_name = Trilemma Argument / Lewis Triumvirate |
-subtopics = [[John Duncan]], [[C.S. Lewis]] |
+subtopics = [[John Duncan]], [[C.S. Lewis]]
 opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |
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-The "Trilemma Argument" is an argument in logic about the identity of [[Jesus]]. The argument, which was made famous, essentially concludes that Jesus cannot be considered to be a great moral teacher, rather it is only logical that his identity must have rested in one of the three following possibilities:
+The "Trilemma Argument" is an argument in logic about the identity of [[Jesus]]. The argument, which was made famous by [[C.S. Lewis]], essentially concludes that Jesus cannot be considered to be a great moral teacher, rather it is only logical that his identity must have rested in one of the three following possibilities:
 # A liar
 # A lunatic

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 The following diagram represents the logical flow of a modified form of the argument:
-[[Image:JesusChrist-LogicallyLord.png]]
+[[Image:JesusChrist-LogicallyLord.png|800px|border]]
 ==Quotes==

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	The argument was popularized by the famous twentieth century Christian theologian and author [[C.S. Lewis]]. He outlined the argument in a 1943 BBC radio broadcast and it later formed the basis of his book Mere Christianity.<ref>Lewis, C.S., Mere Christianity, London: Collins, 1952, p54-56.</ref>		The argument was popularized by the famous twentieth century Christian theologian and author [[C.S. Lewis]]. He outlined the argument in a 1943 BBC radio broadcast and it later formed the basis of his book Mere Christianity.<ref>Lewis, C.S., Mere Christianity, London: Collins, 1952, p54-56.</ref>
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		+	===The Argument===
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		+	The following diagram represents the logical flow of a modified form of the argument:
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		+	[[Image:JesusChrist-LogicallyLord.png]]

	==Quotes==		==Quotes==