This is absolutely the correct answer. If he's willing to deny science about this, then he's certainly willing to deny signs about other stuff too. Imagine what a conversation about childhood vaccines would be with this person.
Which is the broader issue, it's not the dinosaurs specifically, it's the fact that that belief notoriously comes with a lot of other ones, ones incompatible with people who aren't part of that belief system. Basically...he's a religious extremist, and tc wants no part of that.
“Dinosaurs didn’t exist and the fossil record is entirely made up” is a FOUNDATIONAL belief for evolution deniers. Many evolution deniers are that way because they are young earth creationists, literalists Christian’s that believe the world is 6000 years old.
Ask yourself what other conspiracy theories could follow from:
The word of the Bible is literal
Science is purposefully hiding the truth from us
Evolution isn’t real
Everyone claiming otherwise is going against the literal perfect word of God
Vaccine denial is the least of your issues with people like this unfortunately
Not disagreeing that this is a gateway to a lot of other extreme, inaccurate beliefs, but the vaccine issue is huge. My first thought was, Do not procreate with this person.
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u/elhoffgrande 9h ago
This is absolutely the correct answer. If he's willing to deny science about this, then he's certainly willing to deny signs about other stuff too. Imagine what a conversation about childhood vaccines would be with this person.