Oh my friend, I am in complete and vociferous agreement. Whatever “intelligent design” is, it’s not a scientific idea at all. (Much less a model, which has to do more work than just an idea.)
I hasten to add that lots of interesting and even good ideas are “not science.” What I am trying to respect is the fact that design is an interesting concept (cf. my references elsewhere to Dan Dennett’s writing on design) and that an atheist like me – who by definition rejects the existence of an “intelligent designer” god – should not make the mistake of conflating curiosity about design or even about gods with the widespread need among religious believers to gorge on falsehood. Those two things are not, to me, related. YMMV.