Germ Theory-Dummer than Dirt

The germ theory has long been the standard of thinking for the reason why we get sick.  It plainly states that germs cause sickness and in order to eliminate sickness we need to eliminate germs.  The word germ represents a large classification of bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other foreign invaders that are unseen to the naked eye.  It seems oh so easy to blame all of our sickness on something you can’t see.  This theory has largely taken the route of faith in the way we look at our health.
First, I do believe that people can get infections due to germs but I don’t blame the germs.  To do this we would have to deny the fact that our bodies house trillions of microorganisms at all times.  If these germs were the main player in the equation then we all would be dead.  We’d be dead and dying of massive infections from Stapholoccus, Streptoccus, and Esceherichia Coli.  These bacteria are all over us and inside.  They are largely opportunistic in that they only thrive when our bodies don’t keep them in check.  Our intestines are full of bacteria to aid in digestion and the absorption of vitamins and minerals also know as our natural flora.  Not to mention, I’m pretty sure I ate dirt many times when I was a kid.  Who knows what kinds of germs were in there, and look—you’re reading my words.
Some would rely on viruses to be evil and the cause of most sickness every year.  If viruses were that bad then every time you come in contact with someone infected you would get sick.  This doesn’t happen.  There have been numerous times when I’ve been around those with the flu, cold, and other nasties and I’ve been fine afterward.  This is because our immune system is packed with thousands of years of knowledge.  Memorizing everything you come into contact with, it marks all foreign invaders for elimination including cancerous cells.  That’s right, cancer.
We get cancer everyday, mathematically speaking.  Our body is made of a couple trillion cells all of which are multiplying constantly.  To deny that a few of these are mutating into cancer would be beyond false.  We fight off cancer everyday.  Yes, we are winning the War on Cancer as we speak, silently, without the help of medications.
Saying that germs cause disease is like implying gasoline causes fire.  Something has to start the fire.  In our case it’s us, not germs who are to blame.  Our immune systems are the limiting factor whether we get sick or not.  Have you noticed during stressful times or stages in life when you are highly emotional you get ill?  Or when you lose sleep for a prolonged period of time you don’t feel so well?  This is because our immune system is affected by how we treat ourselves.
Granted, some of you will claim that antibiotics were the messiah in this belief, making it true to you and deep routing your faith.  Antibiotics came around at the same time as sanitation became mainstream.  So it can be argued that sanitation was just as important in changing our view on health.
I’m not saying medicine or antibiotics are bad for us just that I think we could use less of them.  They actually decrease our natural immunity, ridding our bodies of most of the bacteria in our system.   Bacteria is there for a reason; why eliminate all of it with one swoop?  Can’t we find a more suitable way to improve our immune systems without degrading them?