Good post. A theory is a story about causation. We have two or more sets of observations and then propose a "theory" to "explain" those observations and how one set of data might have caused the other set data. In the case of the evolutionists, there is the fossil record and the modern world around us. They propose a theory of how the fossil record and the modern world are connected. The connector is natural (random) selection
The CS appear to forget about the fossil record and concentrate on the modern world alone. We got here because God willed us to exist.
The ID folks recognize the fossil record and the modern world, but really have no story about how the two might be connected except some intelligence that steps into the picture at just the right moment to direct the developments.
Seems to me that the evolutionists and the ID folks are closer than they would like to admit. I'm not sure that either has much of a chance to propose a rejectable (testable) hypothesis.