In your own words - AVN members respond to the Uniting Church
Dear Meryl I have just written to the church through their web page. I said that as Uniting Church member my self I was disappointed and confused at their decision to withdraw permission to use their hall for dissemination of information to the public. I told them that as a current council member at the XXXXXXX Uniting Church, I was sure that our council would not have reneged on an agreed deal to let the hall. I think that Jesus would be cool with the idea another point of view could be espoused in a UCA church. He stood up for minorities and the marginalised. I also stated “what are you frightened of?” BS
Hi Judy,
This is an absolute disgrace to say the least. The anger I have will be directed not only at the Uniting Church, but at who is actually putting the pressure on the Church to pull your information seminar. Personally, I am so bitterly disappointed that my personal right to obtain information regarding vaccinations has been withheld. I just cannot believe this is happening in Australia!!!!!!!!! This issue must not be allowed to rest...thinking perhaps a media release/statement to some West Australian newspapers???? Can you please point me in the right direction to obtain information on vaccinations for both adults and children? I have looked at your website, but obviously some people who have a lot of money and/or ego invested in this issue have made you pull info from this source also...crazy!!!...so I didn’t get far. Your info must be good!!!!! Please keep plugging away for the sake our precious kids. Regards, SM
Hi Meryl Am outraged at events (but not surprised ... that’s why we know there is a big pharma/food cartel/conspiracy :-) it is ‘riveting’ to note that events in UK absolutely echo events portrayed in UK TV series Judge John Deed ... absolutely eerie! (If you don’t know/see Judge John Deed you absolutely have to purchase all series ... again it is absolutely riveting to watch the cases/circumstances he handles from our knowledge/perspective of big pharma and similar (eg mobile phones) Re WA, there is no question morally and legally, that the united church must not just refund your booking fee but ALL expenses you incurred (AND those of people who booked and incurred expenses. This would be a slam dunk in the Small Claims Court, so I encourage and exhort you to take immediate strong action I would also if not already issue Press Release. And as I like quote here “Be of good cheer (for I have overcome the world)!” :-) Kind regards & prayers DC
To the church council I was saddened to hear of the unfolding events in relation to Meryl Dorey’s visit. That this could happen in a supposed free and democratic country, that a government department can lean on a church group to further its own ends. What saddens me more is that the church council could be so weak and un-Australian in its belief in democracy. Anzac day has just been with its outpouring of remembrance of those who died. Why? To keep us free and democratic was what I was led to believe. It seems to me that as the days go by, their sacrifice is being wasted by our weakness in not fighting for our rights, freedom to choose, freedom to pursue the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. The freedom to do that is fundamental. TB
Dear Andy Corkill and all concerned at the UC Synod of WA, It is with great consternation that I hear that the Church Council of one the Uniting Churches in Perth has been pressured to cancel the AVN seminar to be held in your church building. I can understand the need to cancel a seminar that would be immoral and detrimental to peoples’ spiritual health and contrary to God’s Word.... like accepting Homosexuality in the Priesthood of believers. But perhaps, what ails the Uniting Church is just that..... your need to be politically correct is getting you into considerable trouble. The AVN is concerned about informing people about the reality of vaccinations and how detrimental they are. The reason this organization is not welcomed by those in authority is because they question the wisdom of vaccination. This organization is not delivering a politically correct message but rather a message that is quite disturbing and while we live in a free country it should be allowed to be aired. If more people cared to read independently it would become apparent that vaccines are far from safe. Yes it is contrary to the message that the medical community profess... but unfortunately the medical community is now the shopfront for the pharmaceutical companies. As Christians, we are to be wise and realize that science and medicine are made up of humans who often give themselves over to the world system of mammon. The pharmaceutical industry is not really concerned about people’s health - they are more interested in profit margins. Though it is hard to believe, from doctors and nurses to medical researchers & professors in Universities have all become mere puppets caught in a system of working for the pharmaceutical companies. They are enslaved to the this industry and unfortunately there are many areas where they are just plain wrong and are making people more physically ill rather than well. Mercola.com is a great place to get an idea of how health is a totally different paradigm to the paradigm that the medical community operates in; the disease industry paradigm. Jesus said “ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10 On the physical plane it could be argued that the pharmaceutical companies are the thieves of health and it is a powerful system in the world that holds so many people as prisoners within and without the Church. Political Correctness is another powerful system in the world that is holding people captive. Political Correctness suppresses truth. I implore the Uniting Church to walk away from political correctness and not play the game that you fell victim to just recently in denying access to AVN to conduct a seminar in your building. The seminar would have imparted light on a subject that is becoming more controversial as more people question the medical communities authority on this subject. In conclusion I commend the AVN to you, they have a right to be heard while we still live in a country that allows freedom of speech, well so I thought until I heard about this happening in the UC Synod of WA .
yours in Christ, LJ
Hello Meryl, I’d just like to express my sympathies for you regarding the recent cancelled venue. I too know precisely the emotions and experience of such an event. I co-ordinated three natural therapy expo’s in 04, 05 and 2006, the first one was due to be at the Catholic Club in XXXXX NSW and similar events had also been hosted there. I was told less than two weeks of the event that they also had pulled out due to the same type of reasons, parishioners and boards rejected the nature of the event!!!. After I crawled out of my hole we did manage to secure a venue that sufficed but the amount of work I then had to endure was unacceptable. I really do understand and can only wonder at what extra exposure this may bring for you, who knows maybe it is all working to your advantage, always a silver lining so to speak, best to just go with the flow, however, never lose sight of your goal, I commend you for taking such action and implore you to continue in your fight for our healthy future. Well done. Sincere regards, AM
As a Christian autism spectrum disorder specialist, who regularly consults with parents of vaccine damaged children (26% of my parents have suffered the horror of seeing normal development lost post-vaccine) - I am disgusted that you do not have the courage (or Christian decency in regard to sudden cancellation) to allow democratic discussion. Many of the people you have listened to have probably got vested interests (75% of leading medical scientists are “paid for” by the pharmaceutical industry - according to the ex-General Manager of Eli Lilly - John Virapen). Jesus said “I am Truth” and “suffer the little childen to come to Me” - you have done the opposite. MS MS
I’m emailing to express my disappointment over the cancellation of the AVN seminar, especially the way you went about it. Cancelling with such short notice and ruining the night for the AVN and also the people who had booked their time to go and listen to an unbiased view on a very serious topic. Do you think the family of the little girl who died recently from a reaction to the flu shot might have benefited from knowing all the information so they could make an informed decision? You would have done well to attend the seminar yourself. If the church is supposed to be in the business of helping people I would think that any information that could help protect the health and happiness of the people living on this planet, should be embraced. But that would require forward thinking. It would require an organisation and people who can envisage the big picture of how life could be. A world where decisions are made not based on an old dogma and not based on hidden agendas like money and control. This is obviously a bit of a stretch for the church, even in this modern age. Someone needs to start standing up for the people of this world and allow full disclosure of information about every topic. The AVN is doing that in regard to the area of vaccines. It should be applauded but rather it is shutdown at every opportunity by people not willing to think outside the box and examine things in light of all of the information that can be found on a topic. Why do you think the government doesn’t encourage reporting of any adverse effects to do with vaccines, and doesn’t have a register taking note of concerns of parents after their children have been affected in some way. Because they are confident the practice is safe? No, on the contrary, they don’t do it because they know that such information would cast so great a shadow over the practice that it would be shutdown. Look into it some more for yourself with objective eyes and see if you can’t find the merit in what the AVN is doing. If you look hard enough, and ask the Lord, perhaps he will recognise your faith and help you to see. MC
To the Uniting Church Council, Perth. Why was the planned Flu Seminar cancelled? Why was this decision made at the last minute? As the parent of a child damaged by immunisation, I was anxious to learn more about this subject from the people who have studied it and were prepared to share their knowledge. Surely the church would have no reason to suppress this information ------ or would they? Thank you sincerely, JH
Hello, I am very disappointed that you have cancelled this seminar in Perth at the last minute. I am a member of the Uniting Church, and am shocked that a health seminar would be cancelled. This does not allow for freedom of speech and idea sharing in the community. In addition, I am an event manager and I know, from an organisational point of view, that once a venue has been locked in and advertised, to suddenly cancel an event at the last minute, is highly unprofessional and very unfair to the event organisers. As a mother, I am always seeking information that will help me to make an informed decision regarding my child’s health - and to think that this would cancelled is very upsetting. Please review your decision. Regards, FE
Hello Meryl The struggle continues as ever. Surely the Church refunded your $750. Frankly they should have to pay some sort of compensation for other expenses as well. FH Hi Guys Please forward this email on to all those in the Perth area, it is important that people understand vaccinations and Meryl gives a very balanced and extremely well researched presentation. She has appeared a few times on TV and been in the media several times. I have been to her house and a couple of seminars that she has organized, she totally believes that people should just have both sides of the story to make a proper informed decision. Meryl has put her whole life into her research, so I encourage you all to attend and join her website so you are informed of the next meeting. Let’s hope the next meeting is way more powerful than just the 100 that were booked into the previous meeting. We need to send a message to the powers that be. Kind Regards DG
Dear Sir / Madam I write in regard to today’s cancellation of the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) Flu Seminar scheduled to be held tomorrow at the Uniting Church in Perth. The AVN is a volunteer run charitable organisation that promotes informed decision making for parents in relation to vaccines and immunisations. Undoubtedly, the issue of mass vaccination is an increasingly controversial subject and, in this context, today’s decision by the Uniting Church to cancel the seminar due to pressure from the WA Health Department is deeply troubling. Given the recent adverse reaction of a significant number of children to flu vaccines administered by the Health Department, the nature and short notice of this cancellation can only reasonably lead to a level of suspicion as to the underlying motives. Indeed, why would a small seminar, to be attended by approximately 100 people, be of concern to the Government? I wish to express my disappointment with the Uniting Church at the apparent influence of Government in its operations. As your website states “We openly embrace diversity, and are open to discuss controversial issues and what it means to be inclusive of all people and to respect differences.” I would urge you to follow your guiding principles, to act without fear or favour and to defend the God-given right of free and informed choice. Yours faithfully SD
I was extremely surprised and disappointed in the action your organization chose to take in cancelling the talk for tomorrow night – especially at the 11th hour. What happened to freedom of speech and getting all sides of a story to allow people to make their own informed decisions? I find it unbelievable that censorship has come from your church on a current issue that is affecting so many people’s health. I draw your attention to what you attest to on your website: “Who are we called to care for? The duty of care processes and practices outlined in Called to Care apply to all people who come into contact with the Uniting Church. The Called to Care process seeks to emphasise our collective responsibility as congregations to care for those who may be vulnerable to the risk of harm, injury or abuse. While the package is primarily focused on children and young people, there are many people who are vulnerable in our community. this includes those who we automatically think of as vulnerable and also the many leaders and helpers within our church.” Where does this fit in with the line of action you have just taken with the AVN? I look forward to your response. AC
Hello I was just about to book tickets to this AVN seminar tomorrow night. I was very disappointed to find out that the Uniting Church have withdrawn use of the venue (Wesley Centre) based on the content of the seminar, which was the flu vaccination. I am surprised that the Uniting Church took such an action as this is an important community event. It’s difficult enough to get information about pharmaceuticals without this restriction on free speech. This is an issue that is all about morals, leadership, discrimination and social justice. I thought that the Uniting Church would stand up for those in vulnerable situations (children and parents of newborns) and encourage informed consent with regard to health decisions. Thankyou RS
Meryl, I’m shocked at this casually totalitarian approach to the blackout of independent health information that the Uniting Church shares with the W.A. Department of Health. Once you find the person in the Department who imposed this blackout, I’d be very interested to put some questions to him or her, such as: • Does the Department have a monopoly on truth? • Is the Department mandated to act as censor of views or information independent of its own? • Was the Department unable to contact the AVN for clarification of any information it was concerned might be inaccurate, and what attempts did it make? • Does the Department in fact have any basis other than hearsay for believing that the AVN intended to state inaccurate information, and if so, where is it? • Would the Department care to publicly debate the extent and timing of its information blackout; the basis of its decision to impose it; and the basis of its beliefs concerning the accuracy of the AVN’s proposed program of information? • Has the AVN ever refused an invitation by the Department to confer with it concerning information and views on any vaccine, and, if so, what were the exact circumstances? • Has the AVN ever attempted to prevent the Department from spreading unfounded rumours concerning the benefits of vaccinations of any kind, and, if so, when and how? • Does the Department have any basis that it is willing to reveal for its stated beliefs concerning any vaccine’s effectiveness or safety, or for its proven willingness to impose such beliefs upon others through censorship, and, if so, what scientific evaluation has it been subject to?
Then it would be interesting to ask similar questions of the Church: • Is the Church’s decision to cooperate in actively preventing parents and citizens from lawfully obtaining information independent of received doctrine one that it is happy to own publicly as being consistent with a liberal theology? • Has the Church scientifically evaluated the AVN’s literature and found it wanting in accuracy or in some way morally deficient, and, if so, what opportunity did it offer the AVN for making its case in the matter? • Has the Church scientifically evaluated the Department’s and its “academic” member’s scientific basis for any claims they made, and, if so, how did it do so and what were its conclusions in detail? • How the Church conclude that, in acting in concert with powerful vested interests to prevent ordinary salt-of-the-earth parents from learning anything contrary to those interests, it was acting on the side of the angels?
Please do let us know when you find the individual in the Department with such prurient interest in monopolising the ears of those who would listen to others. The more people who ask such questions of these self-righteous moral guardians of the rich and powerful, the more chance there is that it may just penetrate the thick hide to prick the conscience buried deep within. The casual perpetration of such an outrage mustn’t pass without notice. Kind regards, JH
Sir, I write to you to express my disappointment in your last minute decision to withdraw your facility for use by the AVN, resulting in the cancellation of a much-anticipated seminar on vaccines. Surely you must have realised the inconvenience and expense that would have resulted from such a late decision, not just for the organisers, but for those of us who had made arrangements to attend. If there was some practical reasoning behind this withdrawal, such as a double-booking or a health and safety issue, then it might be understandable, but it appears to me that this decision was based on the agendas of others. I do not understand why a community group such as the Uniting Church, which supports the value of education and learning, social justice and care in the community, would be influenced by a person or group who’s agenda is to suppress information from caring and concerned parents. Do you not support our right to freedom of information? Our right to listen and learn, to discuss and to challenge? A church should not be a place for bias, for political or personal agenda, and it is for these reasons that I express my disappointment in your actions. Regards, DC
“I wish to convey my extreme disappointment over cancellation of the Flu Vaccination seminar in your church hall on Friday 14th May, 2010. I am a health professional in the making and I support both the medical and alternative sides, because I believe both are required in society today. I also believe that neither one is 100% adequate in covering all occurrences with the human body today (ill health, accidents, corrective surgery or prevention). During my studies and readings I have learnt of some dishonest science reports reported as truth. Many professional people being aware of this have been speaking out with the truth and been severely persecuted as a result. I shudder, as this takes my mind back to the horrors of the Reformation Days, when a church tried their utmost to keep the truth from the common people, but truth prevailed because God is behind all truth. So much is occurring today (global warming, carbon emissions, vaccinations) and sincere people are trying to understand both sides to genuinely make a correct choice by their God-given conscience. What a shame your church feels the need to avert vaccination truth reaching God’s people.” HC
Dear Sir/ Madam, I am writing to express my abhorrence at your cancellation at the 11th hour of the AVN seminar on Flu Vaccinations. This decision by your Council - denying people access to important information on an actively life threatening topic – is tantamount to breaking the 6th Commandment. Your actions have spoken strongly against the conspirators attempting to protect their interests. An unreserved public apology, a full refund for the hall hire, and ample compensation for the inconvenience should be offered in the first instance to Mrs Dorey and the AVN. I will pray that no more children die from flu vaccinations in the time it takes to re-schedule this event. What a poor witness that would be from God’s people to the families of Perth and beyond. In Christ, JD
I am writing to express my disappointment over the cancellation of the Flu Vaccination Seminar which was due to be held in Perth Friday night. I am a health professional and have been researching vaccinations for many years. Children have been killed, crippled, injured by the Flu vaccines. The Uniting Church seems to be siding with those who are trying to silence people providing information and speaking out the truth. It is a disgrace. Kind Regards LM
Good afternoon. As you can see I live in the UK but have been a member of AVN for more than ten years. I am registering my upmost surprise and disgust that your church should take such an arbitrary and blind decision to cancel a pre-booked meeting at such short notice. I wonder even it is within your terms and conditions to do such a thing. Surely you would have declined the booking at the time it was made if you felt the way you appear to do. I always thought of Australians as having an open mind and a good open democracy where freedom of speech was a number one priority. That so many Australians should have lost their lives in WWII defending this right against the oppressive Fascist regime is now palpably being shown as a complete and utter waste. Shame on you. MB
Hello Meryl & Judy How disappointing at this last minute cancellation. Congratulations !! It must show that your work is gaining more momentum and more people are choosing to be informed on vaccination and that worries some in the establishment. Warmest wishes PH
I am appalled to hear of the cancellation of the vaccination seminar, it reeks of political interference and lack of support for informed choice and freedom of choice. The church for the 21st century should be well informed and educated; there have been 2100 years of ignorant faith, now lets at least have some informed faith! JL
Hi Meryl,
The Australian public will be very interested in knowing what the AVN was to have spoken about. Obviously very detrimental to the WA Dept of Health’s interests, for them to involve themselves with a church and to either coerce or scare or intimidate them into cancelling the AVN seminar. Meryl, I take it you would have spoken about toxic poisons within the flu vaccine and the fact that children are sicker today than they have ever been in the world’s history. Do you think it was just this that the WA Dept of Health would be trying to shush from the public or did you have other appalling details on the agenda ? I also wonder who the church elders were who also complained. Sounds to me that they need to stand up and explain themselves to the public and their congregation. If not, then to themselves once they comprehend that they have just been bullied into action by an organised and legal drug cartel. The sad Christians. They used to get eaten by lions and today they are being bullied by drug-pushers. Imagine the sermon on Sunday .... “blessed are the drug-pushers” ... “ to Hell and Damnation the AVN “ ..... “ long live Glaxo, CSL, Wyeth etc ..” ... “ how dare they try and use our facility to tell people to live naturally”.....”Phew, that was lucky, the head Philistine was almost on the plane heading here ..” Really ....... bravo the WA Dept.of Health. I assume that some twit in there thought that it would be in the public interest to stop a public meeting. What a fool. But as said above, that twit has actually initiated a potential landslide of public outcry against this action. Their action will be good advertising for the AVN with a far greater deal of exposure than the intended 100 participants who mostly would have just attended to confirm their own ideals and belief in natural health. Of course, the seminar could well have led to one less adverse reaction and one less tot suffering a febrile convulsion but now I think many more will benefit in the long run. As you said, the backlash has just begun. AM
Dear Mr. Corkill, Just a note for your council: I was born during Nazi times and lived under Communist rules. Even they allowed health information to be distributed freely no matter what the view. The council should be ashamed for their decision. I hope you will never have to suffer debilitating side effects of today’s vaccinations. And another thing: I though there is a separation of church and state in Australia. Dr AK Dear Church council I am appalled and outraged that you could cancel the use of your venue for the AVN seminar. I hope you will refund Meryl her airfare and deposit. As an Australian citizen, we live in a democracy and have the right to free speech, to hear other people’s point of view and make up our own minds. But obviously not at your church! What happened to the rights of parents who similarly weren’t informed that the double vaccine, seasonal flu and swine flu hadn’t been thoroughly tested before it was given to there children? We have to ask questions like why health departments promote these untrialled vaccines - is it in public good? To quote Prof Peter Collignan from ANU who is a microbiologist, “Last winter, the likelihood than a child without risk factors would die from swine flu was less than one in a million. When such a high proportion of children develop moderate to severe febrile reactions to the influenza vaccine it is likely we are doing more harm than good by vaccinating the entire population.” Yours faithfully CT
Hi Meryl Just letting you know that I did send an email through the church website earlier today - however I forgot to send you a copy. It basically followed the sentiment that you have in your sample letter below. In addition, to how inconsiderate they were with the late notice, I asked whether they considered the knock on effects of all the parents who have arranged expensive paid babysitters and so that we can attend this event. Incredibly selfish, not very Christian! I do hope you get the opportunity to come. We need your voice over here. Regards G
Dear Madam/Sir,
It is not often that I feel strongly to comment on issues regarding health information but I am writing to express my disappointment over the cancellation of the Flu Vaccination Seminar - which was proposed in Perth tomorrow night. For the past 35 years, I have been involved in the health industry and am currently employed as a health professional and am active in exposing myself to current and science based information regarding a broad range of health issues and especially those of real concern. The information correlated from many sources gives me a rather objective overview when supporting my clients. Having a seminar which discusses vaccination in an open and informative setting helps with the decision making process and that is a good thing. Cancelling this seminar is very disappointing and has not allowed for a balanced view regarding the vaccine debate. We are bombarded and coerced into vaccinating for everything these days and no one is (well there are some) questioning the validity of putting more toxic substances into already immune compromised bodies. Not all vaccines are safe and not only WA has seen that recently. “Caution” but for goodness sake, lets hear more information. Does the Health Dept of WA or senior academics “control” what you say from the pulpit? I know in my heart that wouldn’t happen. I am only wandering why this decision has been made to restrict this speaker from your venue. People should be able to intelligently make informed decisions for the health of their own families.
Kind Regards, RH
To whom it may concern, I had written an email to the Uniting Church about the cancellation of the AVN meeting. However for some reason I couldn’t copy it to forward it on to you. My email was very strong and clearly straight to the point, in some cases abrupt. One has to wonder whether there was money or threat of money involved behind the scenes, lets not be shocked as we are dealing with the government! I support and believe in the work the AVN undergo 100% You are all doing a fantastic job! Thank you! Warm wishes, SM
Bravo Meryl The situation is incredible If I had any doubts before about the validity of concerns in regards to vaccination - I don’t now! There must be a serious problem. Best Wishes MS
Hi Meryl,
I can’t understand why they are still taking the AVN’s money when they have cancelled the venue’s availability at such short notice. I would hope a refund is forthcoming – not very ‘Christian’ behavior by them! I think the day is coming when people will wise up to the drug companies’ spin on vaccines etc. With all the adverse reactions and deaths, it can’t be far off. Let’s hope for our children’s sake that it isn’t far off anyway! Regards, SM
To Whom This May Concern: Please be advised that your last minute cancellation of the AVN seminar was disappointing to many of us who support the God given right to freedom of speech. It saddens me that a view that does not have the support of the mainstream creates such intrepidation. I am a health care professional who works in the Northern Rivers area of Northern NSW and have been a very keen student of health care issues for nearly 30 years. It seems to me that this last minute cancellation does not allow concerned parents and others who want to be at least exposed to an EXTREMELY well researched and science based position to be padlocked away from the light of discerning minds. Shame on you----If this is suppose to be an extension of the teachings of Jesus Christ, it appears to me you folks are travelling the low road and not the Highroad. Hypocrisy was not in Jesus’s mindset!!!! Disappointedly, AH
Meryl, I hope you are going to send this church an invoice for your airfares and the venue hire and strongly insist they pay. The media I’m sure would get behind you if they didn’t. Hope you weed out the parasites who stopped this. All the best. RT
To whom it may concern, As parents who made a choice NOT to inject our gifts from God with poison developed by man, a believer in a parent’s right to choose and a child’s right to protection, and a believer in the lord, we are disgusted by your decision to withdraw hosting the AVN’s seminar in Perth. You should be ashamed of yourselves for taking the stance you have chosen to take. We are ashamed of the Uniting Church and those who made this decision. Surely the lives of the innocents who have been injured mean more than a political decision? Then again, in light of your decision, perhaps not to you! MAM
‘Government backdown on climate change action a failure of moral leadership’ http://www.wa.uca.org.au/ Look who is talking! What a joke. Best. DR
Hi Meryl,
I’ve just sent an email to the uniting church letting them know of my disappointment in their behaviour. Although, I must say that I’m glad it got cancelled because I couldn’t make it tomorrow night and now I will be able to make it when you do come to Perth. Purely selfish I know, but it just means that even more people will be able to come to the seminar and the uniting church will not be able to stop anyone from communicating freely. I look forward to knowing when the date will be. Kind regards, RA
Dear all, I hope this is one of the emails you read. What has happened to Meryl as you will read below is downright outrageous. I think the f word is perhaps more appropriate. The church should cower in shame!! SHAME! Many of us don’t have the time or the energy to campaign for the rights and education of all like Meryl has. Many of us feel overwhelmed by everything, or feel themselves succumbing to powerlessness. I say RAGE at the dying of the light! There ARE even ways to rage decorously without getting too upset I have discovered. I want to say I am so proud and in awe of what Meryl and her supporters are doing, like I am so proud of the natives of New Guinea and all the rest of the world’s people who are being vilified, silenced or persecuted. I think of those babies. I don’t want to feel helpless, I want to say WOW, I am so sorry this happened to you Meryl !!!... so I decided to make a donation. I hope that others will consider this too, however small. It is the question of “the widow’s mite”. Imagine that for adding your bit of support. If you don’t want to put your credit card on the internet, you can post to Australian Vaccination Network inc, P.O Box 177, Bangalow, NSW 2479. Or maybe you could go to the shop from the website and see how you can buy postcards or posters to raise awareness. The recent media exposure has given us a rare moment to up the anti. We know that they plan on compulsory vaccinations, so I feel that this is one issue that should definitely not be left entirely to ‘the others’. Giving this issue more exposure at this time could be crucial to our future health or that of our loved ones. When they bring on the injectable fascism, I want the screams for human rights to be loud and clear > don’t you? If you received a certain email previously about the great amount of harrassment that Meryl is getting, you would share these sentiments I’m sure. For any of you who hate getting political emails, no apologies for this one. With Love, JJ
Hello, I wish to express my disappointment of the cancellation of the Flu Vaccination Seminar . I realise that all churches are registered and therefore must comply to the wishes and agendas of the State, which really says it all, namely that churches/religion do not have the best interests of the people at heart. Thank you SD
To whom it may concern. I refer to your recent cancellation of the AVN meeting at your hall. This is very disappointing. Particularly a church group bowing to political pressure and ignoring moral behaviour. Not to mention the people that have inconvenienced due to your action. I would have once been gobsmacked. Now it seems par for the course. Poet Edmund Burke wrote: ~ The only thing needed for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing. ~ and he also wrote ~ By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation. ~ This AVN group, this nation, this world needs support by good people. Lets help people with an informed voice. Pray that they are still here. Best Regards BM
I am writing to express my disappointment over the cancellation of the Flu Vaccination Seminar that was due to be held in Perth. It seems you were “nobbled” by political influences that are trying stop open debate on the efficacy of vaccinations. It’s a shame that you allowed yourself to swayed so easily, especially in the light of the recent events highlighting the negative effects of vaccinations on children in WA. regards, CG
As ever, the church stands in the way of freedom of speech and the right to decide for ourselves. Why am I not surprised? MI
Dear members of the Church Council,
I was very surprised to learn of your cancelling the talk on the flu vaccine. I am surprised that you are not willing to support parents in being given all the information re the flu vaccine so they can make an informed choice what is best for their child.
I'm actually surprised that any true believers of God would even just go along with the whole theory of vaccinations without questioning it.
I know when it came to my own children I did a lot of research into the pro's and con's of everything from ultrasounds, to using panadol for fevers to whether to vaccinate or not. I looked at scientific research, I looked at epidemiological studies, I talked with medics, paediatricians and then I looked at my faith.
There was such incongruence between what science was recommending and how the human body was designed.What an amazing, absolutely miraculous creation the human body is. I believed that God had created this incredible system that was so clever. I am in awe of the immune system, I'm in awe of the protective mechanisms of the body to resist and fight off disease.
I realized I was not so trusting of human theories. Our immune system was not designed for a disease to be injected directly into it, along with the chemical cocktail to help it work and keep it stable.
We all know science has a long way to go in understanding how the human body really does work. Look at the 'new' work on neuroplasticity, what about miraculous recoveries from cancer etc.
Our creator knew what he was doing, I put my faith in him first.
DH PS. I even have a degree in science.
To whom it may concern,
Appalling, appalling appalling that you would cancel this booking at such short notice. So cowardly, what are you afraid of? An alternative perspective which provides very compelling evidence to back up its viewpoint? We desperately need to balance the very one-sided debate which seems to prevail in Australia in both the Media and Health arenas concerning vaccination.
Don't you believe that people should make an informed decision with regard to their health and that of their families? How are they to do that if the counter argument and information is not readily available to the public and is suppressed? The AVN is a very credible, hard working organisation with dedicated and passionate staff who give enormous amounts of support and information to families who have been devastated from the effects of vaccines. This group also provides resources for those who are seeking further information in the area of vaccination before they make a decision. It is hardly a lucrative job and they give far more of their time than you can imagine on a volunteer basis, unlike the medical profession who are remunerated for pushing vaccines and the Pharmaceutical companies who peddle them and mitigate any damage by claiming they are serving the greater good, therefore absolving themselves of any negative consequences.
The AVN are not scare mongers, rather educated people who believe that there aren’t insufficient checks and balances in the current system and that we should be more proactive in ensuring we continue to keep ourselves updated, informed and ask questions of the government, medical and pharmaceutical bodies in relation to our health. Surely we have a GOD given right to have legitimate answers to our questions without fear or favour.
"Do no harm" - Hippocrates
The AVN could certainly subscribe to this motto but could the governments, medical profession and pharmaceutical companies who are so frightened of opposition claim the same?
Your decision to cancel at the 11th hour caused not only caused massive inconvenience but in my opinion is thoroughly unchristian. I wonder what explanation you would offer to any of your parishioners if they were to encounter an adverse vaccine reaction and where they should go for support?
I am available to discuss this further on XXXXXXX
Yours Sincerely
SG Conscientious Parent Informed Citizen Pro choice not anti vaccine