Zack, I see this pathetic thing tossed out often on these threads. Other than some space alien, which begs the question, what are the possibilities for the designer?
Seeding from another planet is a possibility. It is also possible that the other planet developed through purely materialistic evolution thus it would be ID without any God or creator or "space alien". There is no requirement for ID to name a creator because their may be no creator. There is proof our planet is seeded with meteors so the concept of a life form being injected into our system is a real possibility.
ID is being used by lots of people for lots of reasons but the core of the concept is their may be organic complexities that could not have evolved into existence. Creationists use it for there agenda - Neo-Darwinists/Materialists use it for there agenda - but all it really is is a possibility. Maybe someday this possibility will develop into a peer-reviewed scientific theory - maybe not. Introducing students to possibilities fosters free thinking and free thinking fosters innovation. I feel students should be presented with this possibility - but unfortunately that is not what the Dover school board was doing.
The possibilities for the designer, in the view of intelligent design, are virtually infinite because no creator is named. I am not expert, but as I understand it ID makes the assertion (correctlyin my view) that evolution does not explain how life began and does not answer all the question inherent in the fossil record, etc. While this is true, it is very, very long way from Genesis 1 and 2. Thus ID is not a Christian statement.