If you dont study the history of taxonomy nor understand how the systematic classification of life works and how is the life classified by taxonomy, you cannot really understand evolution and will be more likely to believe in an "intelligent design", which taxonomy clearly shows its quite dumb actually.
But once you actually understand how the classification works and why, you will realize that the "intelligent design" is not a model, its not a system, does not provide any explanation for anything and as i said, its not intelligent.
I would recommend you to go to youtube, search for a tuber called Aronra and search in his playlist a series of 50+ videos or so about the systematic classification of life. They are short videos, like 10 mins each, you can watch 1 or 2 a day, digest them and continue the series. Once you start to understand how the classification works, you will get valuable knowledge, and you will see that the intelligent design doesnt work.
By the way, there is a video called the phylogeny challenge from the same tuber. Also short. Watch that one first.
So, this one first.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0zpk0lPFUThen this entire playlist.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXQP_R-yiuw&list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMLnubJLPuw0dzD0AvAHAotWTell me if you defend intelligent design after watching and digesting the entire playlist. It is very useful knowledge, i can assure you, its not a waste of time, the opposite actually. Very good use of your time.