Ed linked to a set of 45 "SIgns you might be an ID supporter" and this caught my eye:
35. You resent the implication that ID assumes the Designer has to be supernatural. After all, He could have been a space alien, right?
34. You believe that the laws of Nature, the fundamental constants of physics, and the configuration of the solar system with respect to the rest of the cosmos, all show signs of having been intelligently designed to make it possible for us to exist and to study Nature.
33. You believe both of the above simultaneously, though you can't quite explain how a space alien could design the laws of nature and the fundamental constants of physics.
Hah! Hadn't put those two ideas together before. Nice one.
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