October 17, 2008

Forrest's Testimony: "Creationism" and "ID"

Here are the now-famous word-count charts used by Barbara Forrest in her testimony in Kitzmiller v. Dover. These charts showed that the words "creation" and "creationist" were systematically changed to "intelligent design" and "design proponent" in the drafts for the book Of Pandas and People, in the aftermath of the 1987 Supreme Court case Edwards v. Aguillard .

Click the images for an enlarged view:

[img_assist|nid=110|title="Creation" to "Design"|desc=|link=popup|align=left|width=0|height=]

[img_assist|nid=112|title="Creationis_" to "Intelligent Design"|desc=|link=popup|align=right|width=0|height=]


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The exhibits that accompanied Dr. Forrest's testimony are available below.

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