“Do I understand Intelligent Design to be the idea that God may have used evolutionary mechanisms as a part of creation? That is, the Earth and life was created at one level, and then evolved to another.”
As I understand it, what you have described here is the “theistic evolution” position.
“Are there Intelligent Design advocates who reject evolution?”
Yes. I believe the difference between “Intelligent Design” and standard creationism is that the ID people are silent about who the designer is (in public, anyway.)
Yes. I believe the difference between “Intelligent Design” and standard creationism is that the ID people are silent about who the designer is (in public, anyway.)
So as nfn says, I guess I must cop to PERSONALLY being a
That is, I could be an Intelligent Designer on a campus, as long as I were to remain officially non-committal as to who the Designer is?
For purpose of getting on with the debate on an even playing field, that actually seems as adequate a compromise ... as far as compromise is ever going to be adequate. The big "IF" is getting the other side to compromise as well.