This is not done--MUST not be done--by Holy Warriors striving publicly with an Evil, Dumb Enemy.
Most of us know that "the cover-up is worse than the crime." But when it comes to creationism, the thing to remember is that creationism itself is a cover-up (of a failed "science"), so of course they can't admit any errors. What would you have them do? Do you think they'll say: "Yes, in the furtherance of a grand pack of lies I told a fib?"