ID is not so narrow as to be totally exclusive of that idea, it is one of the competing ideas. What has been dead(for the last 35 years) is evolution by random chance (Darwinism.) What took its place was chemical evolution. This is where the action is where serious study is concerned. But... the leading proponent of CE, actually the guy that literally wrote the book on it is now ID. I do not now the specifics of his view on ID, if he follows the deism track like you or is a creationist.
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