I just ran into a nice definition in Science News, Vol. 168, Nos. 26 & 27, p. 414:
What is intelligent design?It's the missing link between creationism and religious instruction masquerading as biology.
Bruce Bower
Cute. Why is it that the opponents of intelligent design seem so incapable of positing the slightest serious definition of it? One would think it to be a ghost or vampire in their view; as if the very notion were alien to human reason and definition. I don't suppose it is a certain lack of objectivity, do you?