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DY: I’m saying that is what the YCT people would say, not what I believe.

We both know that the Torah does not believe in “equality”; we were in agreement in a discussion regarding hilchos tzeddakah. The Torah affords different status to Kohanim. Need I bring more examples? I wouldn’t use the word bigoted for any of those either.

But if it is due to personal experiences instead of Halacha Mi’Sinai (just to play the opposite side for a minute…). That is why I brought the TT. Not to say that Chazal were biased (which we agree they were not), but to say that Chazal were “biased” is not Bizayon TC, as those bigger than us already said so. It would however be Bizayon TC to say they were biased and therefore they were primitive, etc. which seems to be the YCT opinion.

Look at bava Basra 25 and pesachim 94 to see that the Amoraim believed the earth was flat, the universe was geocentric, and that the sun literally travels through the sky. They also believed that you could see demons by burning a black cat and putting its ashes in one’s eyes.

Next thing you are going to tell me is that the Rabbah Bar Bar Channah Gemaros in the beginning of the fifth perek in BB are meant to be taken literally as well.