That aspect has not been lost on me in the least. Both of us are reasonable enough to know that the number of proponents of a theory does not validate the theory. To deduce an intelligent agent from the presence of organized matter that behaves according to predictable laws is not a deduction wholly without merit.
There's that "proof" word again showing a lack of knowledge of what scientific theory is . . .
Read it again. I used the word "proof" in a negative sense, with the understanding that science is, and always will be, speculative in nature.
One thing that may be lost on the evos who've been dealing with me over the years is that I would hardly espouse substituting ID for evolution in the schools. Atheistic science should be welcomed much as any other science, and its proponents treated with respect (although I've done more than my share of initiating disrespectful discourse). I tend to set a bad example in that regard.
As a belief or logical exercise, maybe even as a hypothesis, it's just fine. I've never said it's illogical to believe or propose ID, just that it is not part of natural science. Or, rather, nobody has been able to present it in a way that is compatible with natural science. Maybe that'll happen, I don't know.