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Hello all! So, I posted a short while ago about discovering that Answers in Genesis, a well-known creation 'science' group, were coming to my hometown. I was surprised, I asked whether I should go, and many people seemed to think that I should go. So I did. Here's a report on the entire event.
So, I had researched the speaker beforehand. His name is Josh Williamson, quite a high-up member of AIG Australia & New Zealand. I found out that he had a Youtube channel, so I watched some of his videos, which, at the time, I thought to be quite shallow and/or misguided. But I was willing to hear what he had to say.
As I got into the event - it was being held in a church - I quickly perused the AIG material that had been set up in a corner of the main foyer of the church. (If you want to read my thoughts on that material, link to the Imgur album with bad photos and my thoughts on that).
Being held on a sunday, it was an extension of the main church service. We had a welcome from a man I assume is the pastor (not sure, though) which he used to bring up the idea of leaving anger and bitterness at the door. 'The anger of man,' he said, 'is useless'. He was very pleased to see people coming to the church, whereby people would 'stand firm on god's word, or just stand'. As the first song played, I did feel somewhat indignant by not standing, though I suppose that's what happens to an atheist in a church service most times.
In any case, he talked on about not holding onto unforgiveness and anger, saying that 'christians can let go' of that. Not sure why other people cannot, but hey ho. He lamented at the erosion of christian liberty in Australia... Honestly, even when I was a christian, I could not see that happening. In the course of the service, it had been revealed that AIG had gone street-preaching at a market the day before. I'll go more into that later, but they mentioned that they received 'lots of animosity'.
So, onto the actual AIG part of the sermon. Josh went up to the pulpit, and outlined the history of AIG. He mentioned that it was started in Queensland (the pride of the congregation at that point was almost palpable) by Ken Ham, when he found that children had questions in church that couldn't be answered. Williamson stated that the purpose of AIG was not to give specific answers, though that is what they do, but to evangelise generally.
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We are running a game of D&D and are looking for 1 or more players to join us. The campaign will have a decent amount of narrative focus and players will start off in a mega city that is walled off from the outside world. The game will begin January 2019, we currently have 2 players of beginner / medium experience levels and one fairly experienced DM. Times are yet to be decided and we will work to have a suitable time for all players. We are located in the Gladstone area.
I'm doing a small cycling tour after my semester at Uni ends and am planning a ride to kill some time.
My route will probably go something like this:
Brisbane --> Sunshine Coast --> Hervey Bay -->Tannum/Gladstone
Does anyone have any experience in this area?
Edit: Just to add some context. I've done plenty of tours before just not in Australia. So I know how it works and what I'm planning, I'm just unfamiliar with the roads.
New cases and information reported in the last 24 hours
- Local cases:
- 16 local cases, all linked to the existing Indooroopilly Delta cluster, which now has 79 cases:
- Three are students linked to the Ironside State School
- Nine are household contacts linked to that school.
- Three are two students and a teacher linked to Brisbane Boys' Grammar.
- 16 local cases, all linked to the existing Indooroopilly Delta cluster, which now has 79 cases:
- Overseas cases:
- 11 new cases on a ship anchored off Gladstone.
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Leading Indigenous health experts are pleading with states and territories to re-think plans to relax restrictions until Indigenous vaccination rates improve.
As the nation looks to open interstate and international borders, there are concerns that unvaccinated First Nations people will be left exposed.
It comes as Aboriginal families battle a fresh COVID outbreak in Gippsland in Victoria's east and Mildura in the state's north.
Aboriginal health workers in the Latrobe Valley and the Mallee region are going door-to-door as part of an urgent vaccination drive β in regions where less than 35 per cent of First Nations people are fully vaccinated.
'We ... trust each other more than we trust the government'
Nurse Shanaz Rind, a Yamatji woman, said providing culturally safe services to families was critical when responding to emergencies.
"It's a humanitarian response and when it's coming from your own people you feel safe and you feel you're able to talk and ask as many questions as you want," she said.
"When we go to houses we approach people holistically because it's not just about vaccinations β¦ we often find that some people have other health conditions that haven't been seen to so we link them to other services and even drop off food if they need it," Ms Rind said.
Chief executive of the Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative (GEGAC), Jamie Williamson, said government responses to outbreaks within Indigenous communities have not been successfully targeted to those in country areas.
"We're seeing a lot of the programs that have been used in the city being rolled out in regional Victoria," he said.
"We're all different and our issues here [in Gippsland] are completely different to those living in urban areas."
He said launching campaigns with voices from grassroots communities was key to tackling vaccine hesitancy β something he has seen within his own community.
"We as a mob trust each other more than we trust the government so we need to start figuring out how we use people who are actually connected to our community to get the message across that vaccines will protect our families," he said.
The lower the vaccination rates, the greater the fear
Several Aboriginal people have died in recent weeks after the Delta strain rapidly spread through towns in west and far-western NSW.
Hundreds of First Na
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