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Nice score Lausten,  I’ve been looking for something that organized it as well as concisely as this does.

Uses testable ideas?
Scientific ideas generate specific expectations about observations of the natural world that would support or refute the idea. However, because Intelligent Design doesn’t specify what the Designer is or how the Designer operates, it cannot generate expectations specific enough to help us figure out whether the basic premises of Intelligent Design are correct or incorrect. Intelligent Design is untestable.

I liked this one because Holmes took me to task once for asking “What’s ID good for, how does it help us understand?” and as I remember I was dismissed with some derision tossed in.

Leads to ongoing research?
So far, there are no documented cases of Intelligent Design research contributing to a new scientific discovery. Intelligent Design proponents, of course, continue to write about the idea, but this work is not generative — that is, it tends to repeat itself and does not help build new, more detailed explanations. …

I think that’s very well said.  Holmes, looks like your turn.  We have a chance for a fresh clean start to this discussion.