QUOTE(Doc glasgow @ Wed 19th January 2011, 8:18pm)
It is a theory, and it relates to science. Define science?
By normal definition, a scientific theory is one that has emerged through the scientific method, broadly defined (evolution generally defies controlled hypothesis testing, but there can be more to science than that). Intelligent design is no such thing.
Of course, people might take the approach that you do, and adopt a widely used colloquial definition of "theory". But if you take that definition of "theory", isn't "scientific theory" redundant? Can you think of a "theory" under that definition that
doesn't relate to science?
In the interests of clarity and in having words mean something, the definition of "theory" used within the scientific community is clearly the best one.