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I agree, unfortunately religion seems to be holding ID back. I think fewer people would have a problem accepting ID as a scientific theory if religion was not always brought up.
Incorrect. Intelligent Design is holding Intelligent design back.
ID is nothing more then animism. If we cannot explain something now, therefore Goddidit. The water cycle was too complicated in the past to describe and explain and therefore it belonged to the realm of Gods who we had to placate with dances. Now that we understand it, we have abandoned the idea that Gods are responsible for the rains. Right now, instead of rain, it's complex biological functions and origins. In time we will determine how and why.