“Superior” is a dumb word in this discussion. It’s pointless. Am I superior to my not-Frum neighbor? Is a Gadol HaDor superior to me? Is a Gadol HaDor superior to my not-Fum neighbor? The answer is that it really doesn’t matter. Where there are practical Nafka Minas (e.g. we can’t trust my not-Frum neighbor’s Kashrus, we can probably trust mine, and we can ask life-and-death Shailas to the Gadol HaDor), that doesn’t make anyone better or superior. That’s up to HKBH to decide. Debating it is kinda the reason we have Halachos of Lashon Hara.
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