After all, we cant risk thinking of ANYTHING ID does as actual real-live 'science', right?
Wrong! If any real life science is done there is no risk at all it will open a whole new area of inquiry. Scientists (of all strips) LOVE that!
However, we still wait for some real science. As soon as evidence or results are produced that can stand up to rigorous scrutiny then lots of people will be glad to jump in. Fresh areas of research are the ones most likely to produce really interesting results.
It seems you simply do no understand the mind set of a real-life scientist (of any belief set). You have not the slightest clue about how their minds work.