Intelligent Design is Creationism with flame decals

Intelligent Design is warmed-over creationism says PZ Myers, and of course he's right. Once again, a nutcase is claiming "Creationism and Intelligent Design are two completely different ways of looking at the world" – when the only difference is that proponents of the latter try to make Creationist mush palatable by invoking science-y words and by being careful not to say "God" when outsiders are listening.

But alas, they keep making their private whispers public. Read the Pharyngula article for a great run-down of Intelligent Design proponents caught in the act of admitting that their Magic Designer is none other than the Abrahamic god of Bronze-Age Middle Eastern cults. It's good to keep these instances in mind, as we'll continue to hear public protests of "God? Who said God?" from the IDists.

My own take on the matter? Intelligent Design is Creationism with flame decals. Nothing more.