Allred believes that “mainstream Christianity” has turned the Bible “into something of an idol,” claiming that it is “flawless,” when in reality it was written by “deeply flawed men, written, rewritten, translated, re-translated, filtered through kings, priests and politicians.”
And then it was “argued over by 45,000 different Christian denominations who all swear they’re the ones who are right for 2,000 years, until it made it into your hands,” Allred said. “If that’s not confusing, I don’t know what is.”
Allred went on to claim that how God is portrayed in the Old Testament is the complete opposite of how Jesus is portrayed in the New Testament. Comparing the two is like comparing a Metallica concert to a Mr. Rogers special. And God as Paul described him is different from both, said Allred.
Referencing when Jesus told his followers to be like little children, Allred said, “Kids do not need theological degrees. They need simple truth.”
“The gospel that Jesus taught is not about control; it’s about freedom,” said Allred. “So if the Bible is fallible, good—that means it’s human. And if it’s human, then the point was never the pages; it was the person. And he still says the same thing today: Follow me and be free.”
Dr. Eric Mason, founder and senior pastor of Epiphany Fellowship in Philadelphia, commented on Allred’s post, “I cannot even believe he made all of these fallacious [claims,] say the Bible was written by Constantine.”
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Wes Huff Addresses Adam Allred’s Claims About the Bible
Wes Huff is vice president of Apologetics Canada and is working on a Ph.D. in New Testament at the University of Toronto’s Wycliffe College. He went viral earlier this year for the articulate and balanced way he presented evidence for the Christian faith as a guest on “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
That conversation has 7.6 million views as of this writing. Huff has appeared on numerous shows and podcasts since then and regularly posts social media videos explaining different topics related to Christianity.
Huff responded to a number of Allred’s claims in a video on YouTube on Nov. 7. Jesus was indeed a Jew, Huff acknowledged, and Jesus was not a Christian because Christians did not exist yet. They derived their name from Jesus. And it is true he did not come to start a religion. “He came to fulfill that which was prophesied about him already,” said Huff.
