The sentence should have then read: "...a first designer."
Period.
Now, if you wanna have a real discussion, do not go twisting opposing arguments as you are doing. ID, as I understand it, maintains only that LIFE requires a designer. It is of no help in determining what, who, or whence that entity is. If you insist on pushing that point, you are no longer talking about ID.
Your first designer isn’t alive?
You suggest that ID has the answer as to the cause of life on earth, but we aren’t allowed to ask “what, who, or whence that entity is”?
I say that The Great Gubdumbbeldoobie created life in the universe as compost. Prove me wrong!
Darwins weakness is that so much proof exists to be analyzed. You not only offer none, but preclude EVER offering any.