Wow D.N.K.,

Why not just admit you have a bias and blatantly refuse to believe other than you believe? I mean, if you wish to defend your opinion as fact then fine, go for it. But please don't try to cloak your opinion as science. Even as long ago as the time of Galileo, those dedicated to theology agreed with the advice of Galileo's colleague,
Cardinal Baronio, that the Bible "tells us how to go to heaven, not how
the heavens go."

Quite frankly, if I were inclined to believe life on earth were "designed" by some invisible hand of intelligence, I would be far more impressed with the ability for life to begin once and the fundamental model to be re-used and modified through - dare I say it? - some type of natural selection, than to posit the "Intelligent Designer" was so limited as to require ongoing intervention.

Finally, if there is an "Intelligent Designer" it would have been far simpler to leave a clear path that would not be misinterpreted as natural selection. I mean, if "nature" has this "intelligence", why would it be so unintelligent as to leave room for this debate and lack of clarity? From my humble perspective the whole ID thing is scarcely different from superstition. But having said that, I do defend your right to your opinion, regardless of how wrong it may be.