"Don't follow your comment."
None of the 85 signatories to the document work at D.I. They are at mainstream universities... but I suppose since they signed this particular document, that tarnishes them w/ the label of 'nonscientist' even still?
Why do I believe in I.D.?
I wouldn't ask the question that way. I'd ask, why do I find I.D. compatible w/ my beliefs? And the answer is simple: I.D. doesn't start the process of figuring out what we are seeing by immediately eliminating up front a 'designer'.
Darwinism deliberately looks at life, and up front rejects anything other than chance.
ID presumes only one outcome of inquiry.