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The ID question is not one of "is it valid science?" but what is valid science. For centuries the scientific method, as proposed by Bacon, was an inductive approach to test ideas by subjecting them to repeated, and verified observations. Bacon, a devout Christian, thought this method would help men to take dominion of God's creation and glorify him. The modern methods that some call science, including evolution and ID, are not limited by the inductive approach of classical science. The new methods lack observable, repeatable and verifiable data. While it is true that creationism is not scientific, neither is evolution or ID. But it must be stated emphatically, just because something falls outside of the limits of science does not make them false. Unscientific does not equal false and scientific does not equal true. However using the scientific method (classical) some ideas can be proved to be false; however, no ideas can be proved to be true - such are the limits of induction.