Is "intelligent design" just another name for "creationism" (I)

In a previous blog entry, I wrote about the idea of "intelligent design" as an alternative explanation of life to "evolutionism". "Intelligent design" is often regarded as a branch of "creationism".

Interested readers may want to read Daniel Engber's Creationism vs. Intelligent Design: Is there a difference? (Slate, 10/5/05), a background brief in response to news that "critics who argue that evolution should not be taught as scientific fact presented their case to the State Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas".