To begin with, it’s an attack on physicians not medicine in general. But lets talk about medicine in general instead. To suggest that main stream medicine doesn’t cure anything is fairly silly, but even if medicine didn’t cure anyone it would still be a better option than “alternative medicines” because it is based on fact and actual research using the scientific method, which tests medicine to see if it yields results. The second glaringly obvious logic fallacy is a false premise. The quote states that it is our creator who provides us with “divine healing” and “recuperative powers”.

What creator? I haven’t seen one shred of evidence for a creator or “divine healing” what ever that may be. So if there is a creator then he is providing “healers” with a total amount of 0 divine healing power. The circular reasoning used towards the end of the argument is also obviously misleading. It relies on the false premise used in the beginning.

Also I would like to ad that “alternative medical treatments” aren’t medical treatments, they are just treatments (that don’t work). If it was a real treatment that WORKED it would just be called Medicine.

I think it would be a good idea to form your opinions on main stream medicine out of church.

//edit, I have read some of your blog posts and I’m pretty sure this isn’t your position

“A case can be made that human physicians do not have the ability to cure any of us. Instead, physicians diagnose ailiments, cut (surgery), burn (radiation), recommend/prescribe/dispense drugs (including chemotherapies). At best, the drugs attack pathogens or stimulate our bodies’ own curative abilities. Physicians also offer advice, but none of what they do is inherently curative. Successful medical treatments, even via “alternative” medical approaches, rely on our bodies’ natural recuperative powers and/or on supernatural authority. The natural recuperative powers are provided by our Creator. The topic of the supernatural brings us back to our Creator, Who provides Divine healing.”

From http://jesushealstoday.com/basics.html

This is more or less what I heard when I went to church, so I guess it’s not an uncommon argument.