[b_sharp]

"ID is actually based on lots of observable evidence and facts. The main argument for intelligent design is based on scientific observation. The conclusion of IDers is, that after observing the facts, evolution does not and cannot reasonably account for life as it currently exists; including specific parts of the bodies of various non-plant life forms.

Doesn't ID say that evolution occurs and the earth is 4.5_byo?

ID is based on the assumption that complexity can only come from intelligence. When confronted with their inability to show that a designer is limited to complex design and that nature is limited to simple design, they point to the construct of 'specified' complexity. What they will not admit is that without knowing the intent of the designer, specificity is impossible to recognize.

[connectthedots]

Doesn't ID say that evolution occurs and the earth is 4.5byo?

IMO, estimates about the age of the earth are largely speculative.

ID is based on the assumption that complexity can only come from intelligence.

ID concludes, not assumes, that such complexity can only come via intelligent design.