I really wouldn't call it dishonest so much as I would misguided. Most if not all creationists do sincerely believe in what they're doing or saying, even if some of it does sound a little preposterous.
The problem is that people (and most people are guilty of this, not just creationists) have a tendency to be far too sensitive when it comes to their personal beliefs. That may be understandable...but the existence of a belief that isn't one's own, or that CHALLENGES one's own, is usually viewed as some kind of threat that must be targeted.
I am a creationist and I believe the Bible; that said, I think people attribute FAR too much science to it, when it is not a scientific book at all. For example, (putting on my flame suit), the Bible never says that "THE EARTH WAS CREATED IN SIX DAYS." If you read Genesis, you may come to that conclusion, but if you STUDY Genesis, you'll find that that may not be the case.
My point is that the Bible isn't a scientific book, and if we try to attribute so much science to it, we miss the entire point of the book. It is, in short, an chronicling of the rocky relationship between God and Man. There is a LITTLE interesting science to it, but most of it is wholly concerned with something more important.
Sorry, just has to "flame" you. :)
"For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy." - Exodus 20:11
I would be interested to know how you do not see this as equivalent to "THE EARTH WAS CREATED IN SIX DAYS."
What's your brand of Creationism?