My my Mr. Hardy, where to begin....
To emotionally load their case, atheists routinely blend I.D. with Creationism.
Nope. Those are just the facts as they stand. ID is creationism wearing a disguise in order to enter the public fora. Now, the ID folks may very well be trying to shy away from their creationist roots, but so far they haven't done so.
Those of us who believe in purpose in the existence of the Universe and the evolution of life in the Universe,--- particularly sentient and especially sapient life forms, do not believe chance is an independent function of chaos
To put it simply (and I will probably get hammered for this one): how's about you prove that chance is NOT sufficient? Real scientists have shown that chance + mutation IS sufficient, and you lot come round with your god goggles on and say "No no, we are special. Chance couldn't create all this wonder".
nor do most of us believe that the findings of science should be dismissed as untrue or entirely irrelevant.
Except that you guys DO dismiss most findings of science: especially when they disagree with your theology.
Understanding this division clearly is imperative to allowing both conceptualizations to coexist peacefully and with reason and communication.
If ID wants to be on the same level or in the same category as science, it ought to DO SCIENCE. Do some testing to validate it as an idea. run experiments. DO SOMETHING IN A LAB. Publish real papers. DO SCIENCE. If you want to cease the seperation between ID and actual science....you kinda have to drop the god shit and do science.
A lot of the rest of your OP is spent preaching and you wonder why ID and creationism are conflated......
Edited by hooah212002, : No reason given.
"There is no refutation of Darwinian evolution in existence. If a refutation ever were to come about, it would come from a scientist, and not an idiot." -Dawkins