Well, questions ARE part of scientific method, right? I would like to think my questions are not aimed at shooting someone down in order to make myself look smart, but I DO have an ego and it IS invested here, so you are right in being suspicious of my motives.
If you wish to query me with questions to see where I stand on these things or how I would give an answer, that's fine. It may help you understand why I believe the way I do about this stuff.
But as for my overall aim in this dialog, I would hope at least to convince the reader that the proposition of intelligent design being an integral part of our universe is not at all preposterous or irrational; that scientific method can operate just fine without rendering a final judgment on the presence or absence of a higher being; that education may free leave the same as an open question without going into details about relgious dogma.