[ChessExpert]

I have never heard of any atheist who "believes in" ID.

Nor I, in this context. An atheist who denied evolution would seem to have no explanation for the life about us.

The search for extraterrestial intelligence (SETI) includes the search for signals that display intelligence, signals that are intelligently designed. That too is ID. I expect many SETI enthusiasts are atheists. If so, atheists have no problem with ID as long as the field is SETI and not biology.

To me, intelligent design should be no more controversial than natural selection. If I were to find cupid’s heart and “Bobby loves Sandy” on a sandy beach, I would infer intelligent design, and would reject the tide as an explanation. The idea that a soot filled era would favor black cats, or a snowy environment might favor white cats, seems like common sense and natural selection would be a highly plausible hypothesis.

[Jeff Gordon]

The idea that a soot filled era would favor black cats, or a snowy environment might favor white cats, seems like common sense and natural selection would be a highly plausible hypothesis.

If the hypothesis is very simple you can agree with it. If the hypothesis gets complex beyond your ability to analyze it, you think that God must have done it.