S5E46 – Apologetics Month: “The Trilemma” – After Hours with Jimmy Akin

Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Although it didn't originate with him, one of the arguments which C.S. Lewis is best known for is his "Trilemma". Who is Jesus? A good teacher or something else? Apologist Jimmy Akin walks us through the various options.

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0:01.0	You must make your choice.
0:02.0	Either this man was and is the son of God, or else a madman or something worse.
0:08.0	You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and call him a demon, or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God.
0:16.0	This is Pints with Jack, Season 5, Episode 46, The Trilemma.
0:22.5	After Hours with Jimmy Aiken.
0:31.4	Good morning, everyone. Pints with Jack is your favourite weekly CS-Lewis podcast, where Andrew, Matt and I break down and discuss the works of C.S. Louis.
0:35.1	This season, we've worked our way through the Four Loves.
0:38.4	We then had Acuminism Month, where we interviewed people from diverse religious backgrounds who all love
0:42.1	Lewis. And we're now in Apologetics Month, where we're examining some of Lewis's
0:46.4	favorite arguments for clear thinking, theism, and Christianity. And today, we're going to be
0:52.1	talking about Lewis's famous Trilemma, with the one, the only,
0:56.1	Jimmy Aiken.
0:57.3	Jimmy Aiken is an internationally known speaker and author of many books, such as A Daily Defense,
1:01.9	The Father's Know Best, and the drama of salvation.
1:05.2	As a senior apologist at Catholic Answers, he has 30 years of experience in defending and
1:09.3	explaining the faith.
1:10.7	He is a weekly guest on the national radio program, Catholic Answers Live, as well as several
1:14.7	podcasts, including Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World. And not only that, he also recently debated and
1:20.4	high-fived, skeptical scholar Dr. Bart Ehrman. Jimmy Aiken, welcome to Pines of Jack, and may the
1:26.5	fourth be with you. May the force be with you also,
1:29.9	just to make it clear what that reference is to. Yes, we're recording on May the 4th.
1:35.4	I got so excited when I realized that our interview coincided with that, because let's face it,
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