Hi RAZD,
What is the probability that a designer would be interested in this little backwater world on the outer arm of a rather insignificant galaxy?
Isn't it possible that the designer singled out, as you said, "this little backwater world" in order to prove his own existence to the beings he/she/it created? If there was life existing as obviously as it does on Earth in numerous other planets, wouldn't that be very strong evidence for evolution, because it proves that the existence of life is complete random chance, there for it should be able to occur elsewhere besides earth?