Hello @grog.
In general I agree with a surprisingly large proportion of what you have written. In particular, I agree with your strong emphasis on the transcendence and unbounded autonomy of God, and on the person of Jesus. You do have a correct focus on the Gospel here too, and I agree that all this is so much greater than anything we find in science.
As @Jon_Garvey puts it…
For my part, I engage this conversation to serve the Church with my gifting, so that we might declare the Gospel of Jesus more clearly in a scientific world.
That being said, there are some things that I think you miss.
ID scientists most decidedly do NOT claim this at all. They do not invoke God. What you are describing here is someone who believes in “special creation”, but many ID scientists are not special creationists. Some are theistic evolutionists (e.g. Michael Denton and Michael Behe and even @eddie here).
Aside from mixing up ID and special creation, I think you miss something important here.
This is exactly what I do. And many theistic evolutionists too. Some of us do try and take a humble posture and allow for special creation.
In context, the parable is rooted in the strong evidence for common ancestry of humans and chimpanzees. Many Christians disagree and believe that humans were specially created. Maybe they are right.
The 100 Year Old Tree
Within the framework of mainstream science, strong evidence for the common descent of man exists, but when taking God into account it is not definitive.
Evidence and Evolution
So please understand that many theistic evolutionists (including me) do take this humble tone that you hope for. We might have more in common than you think.