You know why I “forgot” to include Rabbeinu Tam’s radical interpretation of that gemara? Because I was stating the pashut pshat, backed by the majority of commentaries on the topic: namely, that Rebbi freely admitted that the secular philosophers were correct in regard the issue of the movement of the sun. It’s not apikorsus to say that the holy Tanaaim, Amoraim, Rishonim, or Acharonim were people. People can, and do, make mistakes. That doesn’t disqualify everything else they’ve ever said. It actually makes them more relatable, more human, and more inspirational. Putting them all on this untouchable pedestal strips them of their humanity. Tanach is full of stories of our greatest leaders making mistakes, for a reason.
It’s actually funny you talk about a “slippery slope”, because that is exactly how I’d describe your attitude about the “Godly” status of of Rabbanim across the centuries (even including such recent ones as Rav Hirsch) and their inability to make mistakes. That, my friend, is indeed a slippery slope toward avoda zarah, not to mention a severe slight against our own abilities as well as a logical fallacy.
Clearly, you have no intention of changing your views and would like to continue preaching that we can destroy the world as much as we want without consequence. I will stop wasting my time talking with you, and will spend more time trying to clean up our planet after edited like yourself.
Have an eco-friendly shabbos.