[quote=Shy]Intelligent Design - the belief that evolution DOES exist (certainly on a micro scale though macro is under debate) but there are things such as "irreducibly complex cells" that could not have possibly developed by themselves. This theory does not imply a Christian God, simply a designer of some sort (some scientists have claimed aliens). This is based PURELY ON EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, not any sort of religious text. While a smaller chunk of scientists than the Evolutionist belief, there is still a significant amount of scientists who have this belief.[/quote]

I'm sure you have purely empirical evidence that a significant amount of scientists have that belief. And more specifically. RELEVANT scientists. Specifically scientists in the relevant fields. Since there are fields of science where said scientists need not be any more aware of evolutionary principles than anyone else.

No, in most cases Intelligent Design "scientists" actually ARE creationists trying to bury the obviousness of their biases. They often compact things into scientific psuedobabble, cherry-pick their results and so on. THAT is why Intelligent Design "Science" is becoming as ridiculed as explicit Creationists, because the majority population of the "Intelligent Design" movement ARE mostly creationists.