just to add more thinking fodder to the bin, here are two web pages.

A plea to Minnesota to discontinue teaching evolution

a forum with a LONG post based on the thought of Dr. Michael Behe of Leheigh Univ., Dr. Behe is one of the leading exponents of Intelligent Design, and a seemingly honest, nice well-spoken fellow with a sense of humor and much understanding of science in general....he also happens to be a dedicated Christian who doesn't seem to grasp that he filters most of his basic conclusions thru that medium when he offers conclusions.

It is SO easy to state Intelligent Design in a couple of short, pithy sentences which sound so very clear & convincing, but it is not a bit easy to counter them and explain why Intelligent Design theories fail...both scientifically and logically. DISproving something takes a lot of detailed explanation of definitions, method, logic, and ultimately requires that your audience trust and comprehend these elements. If they are emotionally committed to THEIR answer from the beginning, all the careful explanations in the world will not move them.

I will simply note that it is perfectly easy and reasonable to say: "This universe is so complex and bewildering and and amazing that I cannot comprehend or imagine how any 'intelligence' could have planned and designed it! It must have been generated from some unknown beginning and evolved according to chance and physical laws!"

That make as much sense as anything...and to some of us, much MORE sense than positing a 'designer' who/which is MUCH harder to account for!