Sadly I think fundamentalist religion is on the rise. It is this fundamentlist dogma that corrupts the essence of the particular faith in question. Sadly the spread of
concept's like ID is not helped by a poor understanding of science amongst the general population. I once worked with a lady who had studied chemistry at University, she believed that the stars shone because they reflected the light of the Sun
I also know people here and now who believe in ID and they are otherwise quite intelligent people. Don't get me wrong, people are free to believe in anything they want. But if you are alarmed by concepts like ID and it's acceptance amongst the general community I would question 'what are the science community and educators doing about it'?