It is quite obvious, with even a cursory glance at Maimonedes writings, that he believed in intelligent design.

Whether that is relevant in 2009 is a different matter, as is whether Maimonedes would be a believer of intelligent design if he lived in the present. But I do not see it as a distortion of Maimonedes to say he did believe in intelligence design.

I believe intelligent design is a religious cause, including a Jewish cause. If you do not believe there was an intelligent designer of the world, then why even have religion?

Mind you, I am not saying that I believe in intelligent design, and certainly as a non-science, it should be avoided at all costs in science class. But whether Judaism (and all major faiths) support intelligent design is a different matter,