[flevit]

quite contrary, we are the ones talking about the FIRST cause,

[VadeRetro]

A hypothetical first cause, invoking it well past the first effect to the detriment of the actual causes of all subsequent effects, and screeching at science for daring to fill in the beloved gaps.

I have to say again that Dawkins nailed it, and it's utterly damning. It's why I tend to call ID the UNscience. It's about undoing--sabotaging-- someone else's hard work at discovery. It's an active tearing down of knowledge, a sweeping under the rug of evidence. "Luddite" isn't too strong a word at all.