If one wishes to forfeit the proposition that intelligence and design are fundamental properties of the universe in which he exists, as well as fundamental properties of a hypothesis, then let him also have the honesty to forfeit the right to intelligible communication.
But to hear one communicate in a universe in which the same considers either of these to be "empty air" unless scientifically verified or defined "in a non-circular way" (as if those adjectives apply) makes him appear as a dog walking on its hind legs or a woman preacher. It's strange, to be sure, but one is surprised to see it happening at all.