A fine opinion, but one which misses a key point: while one is free to believe in intelligent design, it is not science; it is religion. Do not confuse the two. If you have to cite the Bible at any point in your opinion, is is demonstrably Judeo-Christian monotheism. Intelligent Design makes no useful predictions (it is an argument from ignorance, a logical fallacy), has been falsified where posited, and thus teaches us nothing about the natural world. A tech and science writer is free to believe in it, but is not free to mistake it for science or for an accurate description of how life became diverse or complex. There is no evidence for that.  http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/12/belief_in_intelligent_design_d.html