There are, out there, liberals, who use "alternative to mean "expensive, stupid, inefficient" as in "alternative fuels". These usually consist of Solar panels in Newfoundland or 600 foot windmills that will take a day or two to charge your phone and then fall over in flames. Another "alternative fuel" is methane from cow's asses- I'm not sure anyone but a hippy would want to eat things cooked with "cow-gas".
I point this out as the correct meaning is given in "Websters American Dictionary of The English Language" (1832)
http://webstersdictionary1828.com/ it is a Bible based dictionary and gives
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ALTERN'ATIVE, adjective Offering a choice of two things.
ALTERN'ATIVE, noun That which may be chosen or omitted; a choice of two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left. Thus, when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives. In strictness, then, the word can not be applied to more than two things, and when one thing only is offered for choice, it is said there is no alternative.
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As an example, it gives
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Between these alternatives there is no middle ground.
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A hint - if a hint were needed - that references
"Re:3:16: So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." and that we should choose the Godly alternative because that will be better and right, not least of all because we know what we're getting.
(And whilst considering that, I suggest a visit to
http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Bible)