Uh, no it is not.
Intelligent design is an attempt by people of faith to use science to support the Creationist world view.
When confronted by Intelligent Design "fans" I'm always made to think of the old adage about bringing a knife to a gun fight...
What about sticking to what they are saying. You immediately go to motive, which is like an anti-evolutionist saying that all evolutionists are trying to promote atheism.