"The trilemma argument suffers from a logical fallacy,"
See P-M, this is the problem you find when you run into someone who doesn't trust Charley Schofield's notes. I think the point in C.S.Lewis' statement (Post#26)is one has to use the Gospels to make the case He is a great moral teacher or rabbi and you can't then take some of Jesus'statements and his ethics as true and reject the other claims he makes for Himself in the same Gospels. It is not the excluded middle as much as selective choosing.
At least I know its spelled SCOFIELD. (No "h".) ;-).
I think the point in C.S.Lewis' statement (Post#26)is one has to use the Gospels to make the case He is a great moral teacher or rabbi and you can't then take some of Jesus'statements and his ethics as true and reject the other claims he makes for Himself in the same Gospels. It is not the excluded middle as much as selective choosing.
As I recall, the selective quoting isn't really the purview of that chapter of Mere Christianity, but rather "the shocking alternatives" that Christ allowed us to conclude regarding himself. Yours is an interesting nuance, however.