Oh, but...

Oh, but they DO want to win. They are invested in the outcome. They wish to do away with the separation of Church and State, and have religion taught in schools as scientific fact.

ID IS a theological argument. It is the proposition that the earth could not have become what it is without a guiding divinity to begin the process and keep it on track. It is reformulated creationism . It is the proposition that God exists and is actively involved in the world as we know it. Theology is the study of God, and ID is a facet of theology.

They don't argue this point for money . They argue it because of a deep-seated belief that they must "win souls for God" and must do all within their power to compel the world into believing as they do and worshiping in the manner in which they worship.

You are correct that they weaken their argument when they try to promote it as science , but science is the only reason for having the argument at all, in their view. They are seeking any means they can find to discredit evolution , and to prove creationism. They do not want evolution taught, and so they have come up with a re-branded creationism to attempt to supplant it in the schools, or at least to force creationism to be taught alongside evolution, as if it were science.