Can you provide any evidence of honest questions being asked? All I ever see is proclamations that ID is not science, surrounded by personal insults to whoever dares to claim they believe in it.
To find out whether something is scientific theory or not, it must satisfy 2 things. First it must be based on observation. And second it must be verifiable. By its predictions, we could either falsify or validate it.
ID could very well fit the first requirement. But can we ever falsify or verify it? If we can't, how is it any different from my claim that a gremlin steals my socks when no one's looking?
ID could be well and good. It could be the answer to the meaning of life for all i care. But by those requirements, it is NOT science. Just like english is not science. We are not insulting it, but the matter of fact is it is not science. Plain and simple. The scientists are not bothered by english lit, but if it starts to make claims that it is science, forgive us if we don't dignify it with a serious discussion.