What is Intelligent Design? Ask the average proponent of Darwinian evolution, and you will get Creationism. She will tell you ID is nothing more than a god-of-the-gaps scheme concocted by a bunch of fundamentalist Christians. Ironically, if you ask the average believer the same question, you’ll get a complimentary version of the same answer! When it comes to a real understanding of ID, neither side has done the heavy lifting. It’s easier for opponents to excommunicate Intelligent Design from Science, and for those who believe in a Creator to accept it as a given. Yet those at the forefront of Intelligent Design are adding to our understanding of the world; certainly more so than critics give them credit and probably less than most theists think. The high road in this debate is neither ad hominem attack nor tacit support. So what is Intelligent Design? Straight from the Discovery Institute, the leading ID think-tank: