[color:"orange"]That said I do believe in evolution, not because it is a supposed fact (as mentioned earlier facts tend to be disproved) but because it makes sense and you can see the trends throughout our history.[/color]

By definition, you can not disprove facts. You can disprove a theory or explanation, but if you disprove a 'fact', then obviously it was not a fact in the first place.

Evolution is a fact, since there are known cases within recent (in geological terms) history. The example I vaguely recall was a bird being introduced to an island by explorers a few hundred years ago, which developed a different beak to adapt to the available food sources (I think it became shorter and stronger, to break nuts which were tougher to crack than their normal food).

The issue with evolution is whether or not it can, in and of itself, explain all the observed diversity in the world. There are some scientists that question this, but I never bothered to look into their arguments.


[color:"orange"]However I see nothing in modern science to contradict the idea of Intelligent design[/color]

There is none, and there very likely never will be. In order to disprove intelligent design, you have to understand everything, to show that everything has progressed as would be expected from natural causes. Even then, our current understanding of all physical laws breaks down in a singularity. Despite various theories on what may have caused the big bang, or what may have existed before it, there is no way to prove them, so (as Morbo said) there will always be an opening for both creationism and intelligent design.


[color:"orange"]I will admit that it is difficult if not impossible to argue against the idea, after all how do you prove that the system you are within is controlled, or not, from without.[/color]

Philosophers have been doing so for eons....


[color:"orange"]If all this is based on universal rules (i.e. gravity, reaction laws) all we would have to do is input a start point into the supercomputer in the sky and BAM!!! The future history of the world is at your fingertips...[/color]

This was not an uncommon belief a hundred years ago, before the development of quantum mechanics. It is physically impossible to know all of the initial conditions, even if you had the formulas to plug them into.

Even on a non-atomic scale, there are systems which show extreme dependence on initial conditions (chaos theory). Even with a very accurate starting point, there are some things which are random or can not be measured, which can have a significant impact. With the weather being the most obvious example of a chaotic system, the common example of chaos theory is that a butterfly flapping its wings can cause a storm half way around the world.


[color:"orange"]And top it all off with an appropriate quote![/color]

That reminds me of a related quote;

"God is dead"
- Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882

"Nietzsche is dead"
- God, 1900