Moot: At the risk of hijacking this thread, I believe you have accepted a strawman version of ID; hence your conflating it with Creationism. Remember that Science has it's dogmas too. The idea that the earth is at the center of the universe was scientific dogma, as well as a religious one. Indeed, without organized religion, we would not have science at all. Calling ID fraud is simply repeating the dogma of the current scientific majority, and can only stifle the advancement of science. I suggest you read some ID literature by pro-ID scientists before you simply parrot the proclaimations of those whose world view leaves no room for the possibility of design in nature. Darwinists have had free reign for several generations, publically funded indoctrination in our public schools and centers of higher learning, and have failed to convince even a simple majority of the American public that design in nature is an illusion.
ID and Creationism are not equal. Creationism starts with holy scripture (the Bible, specifically), and seeks to fit the evidence to it. ID starts with the scientific evidence, and seeks to determine if and when a design inference is warranted. It tries to define when chance and necessity are sufficient as an explaination, and where it proves inadequate, require intelligent input. It neither requires nor demands belief in the supernatural, or in any specific religious doctrine. Does it have philosophical implications? Yes, as does the pure materialism of Darwinian Evolution. Remember that initially the Big Bang Theory was vehemently opposed by many in the scientific establishment, as it went against a major tenant of scientific dogma of the day, to wit, that time and nature had not beginning, but always existed. Do things evolve? Within limits, yes. Can undirected chance and necessity account for all the complexity in nature, and for the fine-tuning of the universe? On the evidence, I would say "no."
As a starting place, I wouls suggest Dr. Mike Behe's book, "Darwin's Black Box" as a good first step in understanding what ID is and isn't. Another one I found facinating was called "Genetic Entropy & the Mystery of the Genome", by Dr. John C. Sanford.
