Answering a Common Complaint: Does Intelligent Design Require Faith?

Recently I attended an informal philosophy discussion group including both theists and atheists. The topic for the meeting was whether intelligent design qualifies as science or not. After I presented my handout to the group showing that ID is indeed a scientific theory, we had a cordial conversation, with a healthy mixture of pro-ID and anti-ID viewpoints being expressed. Toward the end of the meeting, a few participants still complained that intelligent design is in fact a faith-based posi...