"What's my problem with "intelligent design"? It's an absurd simplification... and it's plain dogmatic."
Please, provide a reason why it's such an absurdity.
I can say "Islamic terrorists are evil" and that's the most simplified stance anyone can take. Is it absurd? In the eye of anyone with two brain cells making a synaps, I should think not.
"Simple" doesn't mean it's wrong, it means it's "simple" (as in the most likely route for nature to take)
It's absurd because it is NOT scientific. Do you believe in magic wands? I don't.