The opening post is absolute BS, put up by a forum racists with a well known anti-aboriginal bias. There is no; "promoting the idea we should adopt aboriginal culture as our primary culture in Australia because it has survived foe 60,000 years unchanged." by SBS or NITV or anyone else I am aware of, a couple of the "Usual Suspects" are seen to pile on in their racists fashion. Proud Boy Jose' back to America, back with the red necks where you belong.

THANKS FOXY FOR THE TRUTH TELLING!

Typical of Paul he fails to debate the SBS promotion of culture instead launches personal attacks. Obviously he defends this primitive cultre and is offended that others can debate its values.

I've had friends who rescued and raised the weaker twin babies that aboriginal mothers placed on ants nests to be eaten by ants in the NT. For many we have moved to a more humane killing method for the unwanted by a surgical method of disecting thenm apart in the womb.

Have we actually advanced from stone age behaviour?

PBJ,

Neither SBS or NITV are promoting culture in the way you portray. A 5 year old could understand what is being said, yet you do not, could that have anything to do with your racism, me thinks so. Like all your other negative aboriginal stories the ants nest may well be a lie, I don't know. As for my aboriginal ancestors no ants nest, no chopping up of babies, just hard working farmers, sorry to disappoint. As for debate, who wants to debate your lie, not me. Anyway Foxy has told the true story. I agreed, end of debate.

Dear Josephus,

Talking about superstitious beliefs?

Bwn Pobjie covers this topic very well.
He tells us that:

Indigenous Australians have a rich and unique belief
system centred on the Dreamtime, when the world was new and
fantastic creatures roamed the land. Their beliefs feature
many animal spirits, demonstrating their close affinity
with the country they inhabit and the respect for the
wildlife that sustains them.

Of course, as might be expected, these are fairly naive and
primitive beliefs, and it wasn't until the arrival of
white settlers that Aboriginal Australians began to adopt
proper religions based on more sophisticated concepts such as
pregnant virgins and snakes promoting fruit-based diets
(Adam and Eve).

Nevertheless, even without all the benefits and technology and
diseases of European settlement, Australia's Indigenous people
lived fairly contented lives for many thousands of years,
having little contact with the rest of the world and
therefore missing out on much of the war, genocide and
plagues that made history so much fun.

Because Australian Aboriginal culture is so old and intricately
connected to Country, it has a wealth of knowledge about
how to look after and service this land.

A lot of this information help us with contemporary problems:
fire management (bushfires), culinary recipes ( making bush
foods edible), plant wisdom (using native plants to replace
water hungry imports) and much more.

Aboriginal culture enriches the diversity of Australia's
society and provides deep links into ancient history and
offers different views of living in this country as well
as a wealth of stories, music, dance, art and craft.
Legacies living and worth preserving and learning from.

Dear Paul,

Bless you and enjoy your day.

Take care and stay safe.

The Aborigines have the creation story of the Rainbow Serpent. The Christian missionaries promoted the creation story in the Bible. Both creation stories are the product of primitive peoples trying to make sense of the world. To usher the Aborigines into the modern world it would be good to promote a scientific worldview and acknowledge that the Bible and the Rainbow Serpent are both products of pre-scientific minds.

There is beauty in both Genesis and the story of the Rainbow Serpent. However, neither is a good guide for understanding the modern world.