I don't understand why fundamentalists don't just come right out and say that SCIENCE is wrong.
Because it is blatantly obvious that
science works.
Why pretend to get along with science while you're rejecting its conclusions? Just have the guts to say it's wrong.
That would let the cat out of the bad, and they'd be immediately ridiculed for being so stupid. Taking the round-about way gives them a delay so they have time where they can close their minds.