Adam Allred Responds to Wes Huff
Adam Allred replied to Wes Huff in a Nov. 11 video in which he doubled down on his claims that the Bible was “voted on by bishops under a pagan emperor,” “didn’t even exist in [Jesus’] lifetime,” and “is not God.”
However, Allred’s primary focus seemed to be on the importance of not claiming certainty about one’s beliefs and the value of not being formally educated. Allred’s view appeared to be that humility equals uncertainty, and he strongly suggested that knowledge and education were antithetical to truly knowing God.
“You know what’s funny? Any time you question the authority, the first people to rush to its defense are the ones who treat their degrees like divine credentials,” said Allred, “as if God speaks louder to men with titles than men without.”
“Formal learning can be a blessing, but too often, it becomes ego wearing clerical collars. Degrees become dogma, and certainty becomes a drug,” Allred said, “and the moment someone gets fluent in Greek or Hebrew or whatever, they start believing they’ve cornered the marketplace on the divine.”
“But God has always chosen those who haven’t been tampered with by the system,” said Allred, “the ones who haven’t been marinated in institutional bias, and the ones whose hearts weren’t calcified by certainty.”
In the video’s caption, Allred wrote, “Theological certainty is spiritual death. And it was those who claimed to know God and speak for God, who ultimately crucified God’s son. I’m not saying @wesley_huff is a Pharisee. I’m saying certainty is.”
“You want real faith, then stop worshiping certainty, stop weaponizing scholarship. Humility is the birthplace of revelation and openness is the soil where real spirituality grows,” said Allred in the video. “And the moment anyone speaks about God with absolute certainty is the moment they miss the mark.”
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A number of people commented on Allred’s post, expressing that they thought he was right and they appreciated what he said. Several others, however, critiqued him for not actually responding to Huff’s points, and some pointed out the irony of Allred expressing his views about uncertainty with certainty.
“Declaring that ‘theological certainty is spiritual death’ is itself a statement made with absolute certainty,” said one user. Still others pointed out that God did call educated people, such as the Apostle Paul.
“Where is your humility man?? @wesley_huff corrected you with historical facts and you just likened this man of faith to the people who killed Jesus??” said another. “Why don’t you address what Wes said instead of your ad hominems…”
