Thank you for sharing your views, ValenB4! Your position statement makes you an excellent sounding board for this project. Did you read the article first though?
You write a lot but don't say anything. Don't accuse me of being narrow minded just because I don't accept your article. If you think this is going to resolve the issue of ID/evolution in the eyes of the average voter, good luck. Make 100,000 copies and hand it out at the next Democratic national convention. I'm sure it will make real inroads and bring people over to the GOP.
It is up to the writer to write in a clear, engaging, and interesting manner. You are all over the place. On the one hand you talk about every subject under the sun, yet on the other, you talk about nothing - tangential thinking to the extreme. Most importantly, science doesn't care about philosophy. Philosophy deals with science, but science doesn't concern itself with philosphy. It's not a two way street. One either accepts the scientific evidence or not.
All this talk of ID not being a creationist tactic reminds me of Muslims who keep saying that Islam is a religion of peace. If that assertion is true, it should be self evident. You shouldn't have to prove it.
Please, don't thank me for sharing my views and insight. I wish I didn't. This was a big waste of time. I don't like being rude, but come on.
For what it's worth, I subscribe to the Catholic point of view. If one just accepts that there are two spheres of knowledge, that of faith and reason, there is no problem reconciling this issue. You shouldn't even need to go through the intellectual gynastics that you do here.