"You're right, ID or creationism is more faith-based than anything."
In the first place, ID is not the same thing as Creationism. Secondly, Evolution theory is just as faith-based as any other theory concerning the origin of life.
In the first place, ID is not the same thing as Creationism. Secondly, Evolution theory is just as faith-based as any other theory concerning the origin of life.
ID is indeed creationism, just a little beyond it. Both require the existence of a supreme creator or guiding force. That is understood to be God no matter what. God is the premise behind creation and also is the premise behind ID. I agree with your last statement too. Evolution requires "faith" as well. There are some merits--things to change and adapt to different conditions, but it does require some stretching.
Of course, just seeing the complexity of God's creations is enough proof to me that there was something behind it all.
While fossils exist and can provide for us evidence for the ToE, it cannot go further back because there is no physical evident for what existed BEFORE the fossils. All the ideas on what conditions existed on the Earth to support the evolution of life are mere speculation. Evolutionists are forced to use words like "must have been", "conditions favorable to the development of life", "probably", ad nauseum. What they are forced to do is recreate the conditions that they think must have been needed for life to develop.