“Of course it is pretty hard to see God’s power manifested in whale evolution when that is an evolving tale rather than based on any solid evidence.”
This is slandering the work of numerous scientists. Creation science and ID frequently accuse science of fraud, with no solid evidence given in support. The reality is that there are a large number of fossils that the accepted patterns of whale evolution are based on. I’ve found a few fragmentary bits of middle to late Eocene whales myself, but it’s the extensive skeletons and the molecular data that provide significant evidence. You might try to develop an argument that the evidence has been misinterpreted, but to claim that there is no evidence is a lie.
“There is a good series of three videos on whale evolution from the Discovery Institute, the initial one and counters to the counter claims.”
The quality of claims about evolution from the DI is not good; I have no reason to think that these would be worth the time to watch. The ID movement as a whole is more variable in its views on evolution, but much of its marketing is bashing evolution. Usually, the criticisms of evolution incorporate denial that God works through the processes of nature, as do many young-earth arguments. Any claim that science implies that God is not involved is a denial that God is working through the processes of nature. Of course, it is possible for scientific claims to be mistaken or dishonest, but that doesn’t change the fact that, theologically, they are attempts to describe God’s ordinary pattern of working in the physical creation.