Perhaps part of the problem is that discussion is getting mixed up with the other discussions going on. For example I didn’t respond to the first question you asked me.
Because like I said, earlier in the post, design is incompatible with the nature of life. When that is removed then the only kind of creator of life are like these other examples we see in the world.
The whole “read the Bible in a straightforward manner” would be your mantra. But like jasonbourne said this attempt to pretend there are no interpretive decisions going on is a tactic of rhetoric and pure deception.
As for it being a canard, that is total nonsense. If you read the actual history of response in Europe to Darwin’s book the reactions by the clergy are predominantly positive including the very first written response. It is only in America where many Christians had this habit of reading Genesis like a science textbook that conflict arose. It is not a myth, but a fact of history.