[grey_whiskers]

Do you think that intelligence cannot have a natural explanation? If it turns out that life on earth was recognizably designed then what basis would you have for excluding intelligent aliens (who evolved naturally on their planet) from being the designers?

Depending on how it is suggested that intelligent aliens are involved, Occam's razor.

And we don't yet KNOW, nor do we yet have "good evidence" (SETI as opposed to National Enquirer) that there are such aliens.

Don't run too far ahead of the evidence...

Cheers!

[Thatcherite]

Intelligent aliens operating naturally is a less complex explanation than a supernatural deity, in my opinion, so I think Occam's razor would be on my side in that argument.

We don't know that there is a deity either. I was merely taking issue with nas's contention that ID necessarily involves a supernatural explanation. The ID crowd should probably thank me for that as they try to pretend that ID has nothing to do with religion, when it has everything to do with religion (again IMO).