"The reason so many people are initially attracted to ID is because they do not approve of the way the left uses evolution as a means to diminish God, faith, and morality"
There is that of course but you shouldn't downplay the idea that life is far more than merely the material. Nor should you underestimate the idea of design, specifically an intellegent design buried in the seeds of life, below evolution. There is a powerful self organizing force in the universe; where does that come from?
BTW, thanks for your reasoned response, one sees so little of that on these threads.
I do believe that there is more to the universe than the material. And I do believe that God set things in motion and there is design - according to his divine plan. But from our subjective point of view due to our being finite, imperfect, short lived beings, evolution is the means of his creation. As finite beings with imperfect knowledge, we cannot perceive anything beyond the physical universe (our scope of measuring the physical universe can change however). Therefore, while we occupy this life, we cannot perceive anything beyond evolution.
Trying to graft a non-scientific idea like ID onto science is a self-contradicting task. There is no way to gather objective evidence for what constitutes design. While you could say everything constitutes design, that's not scientific and doesn't get us anywhere in terms of learning anything new.