Re: [asa] CDESIGN PROPONETSISTS

I was surprised to hear how many people were unaware of this very
ironic and telling detail of the Dover trial.
I am glad that Nova helped us educate people about what did happen
before, during and after the trial.

On Nov 14, 2007 5:05 AM, Jack <drsyme@cablespeed.com> wrote:
>
>
> I do not know if this is old news or not, but did anyone see Nova last
> night? It was a short documentary about the Dover trial.
>
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/
>
> It is worth watching if and when they broadcast it again.
>
> One of the more illuminating and ironic segments regarded the different
> drafts of Pandas and People. The lawyers for the plaintiff were trying to
> prove that ID was just a repackaging of what had previously been called
> creationism. One of the pieces of evidence was text from comparing pre and
> post Edwards editions of Pandas and People. After the Edwards decision the
> editors wanted to take "creationism" out of the book. One of the witnesses
> for the plaintiff found a couple of example where creationism/creator was
> changed to ID/design, with otherise identical wording. But the most
> humorous and ironic example was an attempt to remove the word creationist
> with the words design proponents. But something went wrong in the editing,
> and the actual wording in the post-Edwards draft was cdesign proponentsists.
> So, unkowingly, they created a "transitional form", and clear evidence that
> the authors of Pandas equate ID with creationism.
>
> I had never heard that little detail before, and thought it was worth
> mentioning here.
>
> I think CDESIGN PROPONETSISTS would make a great bumper sticker.

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Received on Thu Nov 15 12:28:19 2007