Have you considered the case of Antony Flew? He found something convincing in the ideas behind ID. Excerpted from http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=315976

Famous Atheist Now Believes in God

One of World's Leading Atheists Now Believes in God, More or Less, Based on Scientific Evidence

The Associated Press

NEW YORK Dec 9, 2004 — A British philosophy professor who has been a leading champion of atheism for more than a half-century has changed his mind. He now believes in God more or less based on scientific evidence, and says so on a video released Thursday.

At age 81, after decades of insisting belief is a mistake, Antony Flew has concluded that some sort of intelligence or first cause must have created the universe. A super-intelligence is the only good explanation for the origin of life and the complexity of nature, Flew said in a telephone interview from England.

Flew said he's best labeled a deist like Thomas Jefferson, whose God was not actively involved in people's lives.

Here is an interview with Flew: http://www.biola.edu/antonyflew/index.cfm Regards, Jim On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 21:05:45 -0700 (PDT), Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:

I respectfully but completely disagree. And therein lies the rub -- most professional scientists are just plain sick and tired of the whole debate, because in fact there ISN'T a serious challenge of facts -- they exist only in the the minds of religionists that want to force their beliefs on others.