Ahem, with respect Johann, doesn't that make the argument one-sided?

If the creationists/IDers are not allowed to brandish their dusty old books and make wild, unqualified statements then how are they going to prove anything? The only "scientific" arguments will be refuting scientific methods. Their resons for which, far from being scientific, will take us back to book brandishing and wild statements.

The scientific position is already the result thousands of years worth of observations and know facts. There is a mountain of scientific research to back it up. So, by your criteria, "this thread shall be about scientific arguments only" the scientists have already won.