Will we stop seeing charlatans hijacking scientific ideas to further their agenda?

Misusing scientific terms to gain credibility has been the staple of crackpots and charlatans for as long as there have been crackpots and charlatans. It virtually defines what they are. Interestingly, though, Einstein and Hawking have used "God" as a metaphor, yet no one has accused them of being religious charlatans. Why the asymmetry? Surely is because it is infinitely more acceptable for religious statements to be interpreted as metaphorical. They are, after all, empirically vacuous.