There is a writer who I really like. His name is Michael Shermer. He writes a monthly column in Scientific American Magazine and is the editor of Skeptic Magazine. He has written quite a bit about the debates between creationists and evolutionists.
He has written extensively on what he refers to as the "Either Or Fallacy". Although not directly applying this to the evolution debate, he states how people get into the trap of painting a question as something that must only have two possible answers. So often, people aren't able or willing to consider a third, or even fourth possible answer. The creation debate is one of those issues.
Many creationists stubbornly ignore the overwhelming evidence of biological evolution over the past 100 million years, and try to ignore all of the transitional fossils that have been discovered over the last couple of decades Many of them claim that to believe in evolution is a blasphemy, and a rejection of divine creation. (it's interesting that the evolutionary process of species, as currently understood; doesn't even contradict the book of Genesis - something that many fundamentalists ignore)
And then, many evolutionists will often claim that if you acknowledge the evolutionary evidence, then you must also buy into the "big bang" theory and reject the existence of God
No wonder these two groups keep butting their heads up against each other. What makes anyone believe that God could not have used the evolutionary process as a manifestation of creation? Why is that impossible? It's interesting that Pope John Paul II stated that he believed that this was a strong possbility. He wasn't willing to buy into the "either-or fallacy". But, of course, when the Pope stated this publicly, he was ridiculed by people on both sides of the debate. Fundamentalists called him a pagan who had been hoodwinked by Darwinism. Evolutionists accused him of just wanting to "have his cake and eat it too".
The "either-or fallacy" is still alive and well in this debate. However, I do think that most of the stubborn denial is on the shoulders of fundamentalists who totally reject even the possibility of evolution. Perhaps all that is needed to the cure this stubborn denial, is a little open-mindedness, and a library card.