1. Intelligent Design is just Creation Science in a new suit (name-calling).
2. Don't listen to these guys, they're not real scientists (credentialism).
3. If you actually understood science as we do, you'd realize that these guys are wrong and we're right; but you don't, so you have to trust us (expertism).
4. They got some details of those complex systems wrong, so they must be wrong about everything (sniping).
5. The first amendment requires the separation of church and state (politics).
6. We can't possibly find a fossil record of every step along the way in evolution, but evolution has already been so well-demonstrated it is absurd to challenge it in the details (prestidigitation).
7. Even if there are problems with the Darwinian model, there's no justification for postulating an "intelligent designer" (true).
Let's take these points in turn:
I nominate this article for the Darwin Central "Golden Fossil" award, for the most classic strawman argument. Here in 7 strawman points, the author builds a bogus case that he can knock down.
Maybe he's not been informed that the only GOOD Strawman is an E-strawman!
The Grand Master has thought about reinstating the awards program. (It was discontinued after Jimmy Swaggart won the top prize seven years in a row.) Would you like to take responsibility for it? It would be subject to the GM's approval, of course, but he likes to see his operatives demonstrating initiative.
On behalf of the Grand Master, I am,
PatrickHenry