Those who oppose Intelligent Design (ID) on the grounds that it's not science don't really understand what ID is. Intelligent Design is not science. For that matter though neither is naturalism. ID and naturalism are conclusions about what the science tells us.
ID looks at the evidence and says the universe around us looks designed and everything complex thing we observe that looks designed has an intelligent designer (a mind). The universe is highly complex therefore the universe requires an intelligent designer. There is no "ID science", ID is a conclusion about the same scientific observations that naturalists look at.
Naturalism looks at the evidence and says the universe around us looks designed but isn't. The universe is highly complex but was created from nothing by nothing. Some naturalists say that ours is just one of multiple universes that are being generated at an infinite rate. However, multi-verses can't be observed and there is no evidence to support it.
ID is not some alternative science and it's not unsupported by science despite what some naturalists claim. It's based on sound thinking, reason, and evidence. Below are some links and resources on ID.
Intelligent design: The next decade
PleaseConvinceMe Blog: Is Intelligent Design “Dead”?
50th Peer-Reviewed Pro-ID Scientific Paper Published
Multiverse 101
Can Science Inform Our Understanding of God?
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