Is ID Doomed Because Of "Eternal Universe" Theories?

After enjoying Christmas with my family I came across an article in the Economic Times of India regarding Intelligent Design. I responded to the article which can be found in it's entirety here. Timepass for the watchmaker. By M.l Sharma. The last paragraph concludes thoughts on why the author thinks ID is doomed because of differing scientific views from the Big Bang theory. It reads:

Basically, this means everything was not created when scientists used to think it was but also existed before that. And perhaps before that too. This is where the design argument collapses completely because if a watch was never made but always existed, it obviously wouldn't require — or even imply — a watchmaker since only something that's been created needs a creator. So how do some faiths which also believe that the universe has always existed reconcile with their belief in a creator too? Simple: they say the creator has also always existed. In fact they rather imply that the two are inseparable aspects of each other.

To imply that new scientific theories of the origin of the Universe can strike intelligent design a "death blow,” is crazy. First of all atheistic scientists have never insinuated that the miniscule dense matter seed prior to the Big Bang happened out of nothing. The idea of matter or the Universe always existing has been studied since Aristotle. Jews, Christians and Muslims have opposed this idea.

Proponents of Intelligent Design (ID) do not require a belief in the Big Bang. In fact when William Paley gave his famous analogy of the watch and design in the Universe, the Big Bang Theory would not be invented for 150 years. The common consensus among atheists at the time was that matter always existed.

Those who advocate intelligent design hold a plethora of ideas of what this means. Some views are more akin to theistic evolution which teaches that the laws of the Universe were created specifically for life to exist as it is today. Most followers of ID suggests that an intelligent force from a god or gods tinkered with biological systems to produce varieties of organisms over eons.
Most Jews, Christians and Muslims hold the view that the Universe came into existence by God out of nothing (ex nihilo). Even is science could prove beyond a doubt that the Universe was a product of other universes this would still not effect a religious belief in ex nihilo. There will be no "death blows" to the beliefs of intelligent design or creation. The watchmaker still lives and is watching us as humans in how we spend our time.