David Coppedge outlines the strategy:
There comes a time when one has to realize he or she is being taken for a ride. Most people learn quickly about simple scams like the Nigeria hoax, following parents’ advice that “If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” But Darwinian evolution is more sophisticated. Darwinians don’t promise to make you rich; they promise that elusive treasure, “understanding.” Day after day, year after year, decade after decade, they tell us that some new bone or molecule or gene is “shedding light on evolution,” bringing the promised understanding closer and closer. It never comes. The mysteries remain.
It’s time for rational people to get out of the Darwin-mobile and walk on their own two feet. These scammers have abdicated all trust.
Not only that, the hopeful clues Darwinians once advertised keep getting overturned, leading to a major “rethink” with the infamous phrase, “than thought” — “the system is more complex than thought” or “this animal evolved earlier than thought,” etc. The promised understanding always stays out of reach, like a trophy at the top of the down escalator.
David F. Coppedge, “Evolution as an Endless Tease” at Creation-Evolution Headlines (March 5, 2022)
Good point. The phrases Coppedge cites usually function as “get out of any serious evaluation free” cards for the Darwinian establishment. Okay, but the people who don’t wise up either don’t want to or can’t afford to. Neil Thomas is a useful read here:
See, for example: Neil Thomas on why so many 19th century thinkers turned a blind eye to Darwinism’s problems. It’s a religion without the transcendent hitch. That’s the main reason that so many people today are impervious to the fact that illustrations of Darwinism are often just nonsense barked in Darwin’s name.