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Ben: I think they believe some sort of halacha is incumbent on them, the same way that Christians do.

Christians are not using the same halachic process to arrive at what is incumbent, and that is why they are not part of our camp. Similarly, YCT is not using the same halachic process to arrive at what is incumbent, and that is why they are not part of my camp.

Beis shammai was part of our camp, even though they would marry a tzaras habas, because they were using the same process and simply reached a different conclusion. The tzedukim were using a different process, and that is why they were not part of our camp. (What process the tzedukim used is not clear to me; I am skeptical of the second grade pshat that they didn’t hold of any torah sh’baal peh.)

And I quite look forward to the day when we’ll all consider them tzedukim, and they will consider us the same. And YU guys will wonder if they can have interfaith dialogue with them.