alternative?

Was talking to a friend who is now a retired nurse. He said he saw so much active/invasive intervention , some needless, most resulting in insignificant success, he is now checking out alternative medicine which he was once skeptic. What he said was an intersting insight which can be applied to many other situations: "There is no definite one way to do something, though some people may like to think so. It is always good to have alternatives to choose from, to stand back, see the situation from a different perspective, gather up your forces, and fight it from an alternative perspective." I wonder how this applies to the growing sickening attack on religious (see below) these recent months.