[GourmetDan]

"The statement says they have an a priori committment to naturalism, and you submit that this is philosophical or metaphysical naturalism, and that he speaks for all scientists."

Which they do. Otherwise ID would be accepted as scientific. ID is the perfect opportunity to refute Lewontin's statement, however the 'scientific' communities reaction to ID merely confirms Lewontin's statement.

[tacticalogic]

Their reaction to ID is due to it’s inability to be reconciled with the methodological naturalism of the scientific method. You’re trying to conflate methodologcial and metaphysical naturalism. You’ll have to peddle that fallacy to someone else. I’m not buying it.