I.D. supporters clearly conceive of science as the study of anything “real”… even if by “real” they include how the parts of Christian metaphysics affects the natural world.
Unitarian Universalists are probably pretty light on the idea that Christian metaphysics can “push” or “pull” any part of the natural world.
Others choose the opposite view.
But even with the opposite view, if Science requires the Scientific Method, how does one “control for the variable of God” ?
Similarly, if ESP is REAL … is REAL and REGULAR enough that it can actually be studied? All the experiments suggest NO… ESP cannot be studied. So Scientists say it isn’t real.
But there are plenty of people who think ESP is real… even if it can’t be studied.
This differs from the I.D. community: they think God is real (check!). They think God can be studied scientificially (Nope!).