[aruanan]

Well, sure. As C.S. Lewis said (paraphrased from my faulty memory), "To claim what he claimed about himself, Jesus was either insane, on the level of someone who believes himself to be a poached egg, a devil from Hell, or G-d before whom we must bow. He didn't leave us any other choice."

Hi. Here's the actual quote in all its glory from Mere Christianity:

"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic--on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg--or else he would be the devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either he was and is the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to."

[honway]

You must make your choice. Either he was and is the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse.

Thanks for that quote.I have never understood the irrational response many exhibit at the mention of Jesus Christ in public forums outside of a church. The quote helps explain it.

[k2blader]

Thanks, aruanan!

It is a glorious quote. I've not yet read Mere Christianity but plan to before the summer's out.