"Tell me more about the differences between how you have characterized the behavior of ID proponents and the behavior of the faulty scientists you described, if you would."
I don't really know anyone who pushes ID per se. Personally, I am a special creationist which would be the "far right" of those espousing religious beliefs to explain what we see around us. However, I gave up a long time ago trying to persuade anyone to agree with my position and I don't currently belong to any creationist organizations or even keep up with their literature. I still hold to a creationist position, I just don't like fighting about it - not a fruitful endeavor.
From what very little I know about ID, it is not particularly associated with creationists or other religious conservatives. It just simple a paradigm that sees "intelligence" in the design of life, not just randum chance. That seems very mild to me. I find it hard to believe that ID proponents are religious fanatics.
I have a BS in Microbiology (1980) from a secular university. I was witness then, and since, to how "religious" some zoology professors were about evolution. Even a hint that you didn't hold to their position and you were the equivalent of a heretic. It was their guiding paradigm. Goodness, just look how hyped the rhetoric can get here on FR (by both sides and the middle).
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Could you...
...find it hard to believe that Anti-ID proponents are Anti-religious fanatics?