We know because the guy who wrote it told us.

The guy who first wrote “eiland” spelled it as such. Then some idiot put an ‘s’ on it as a stylistic choice to latinize a word that has no Latin root. Now if you spell it any way other than “island” you are wrong because that is the way to word is used and understood.

Or, to put it another way, if you want to insist language is set in stone let me translate for you:

Se mann þe ǣrest wrāt “eiland,” swā hine stæfode. Þā sum dysig mann an ‘s’ onlēde swā stīlcræft, tō Lǣden sprǣce þæt word þe næfþ nān Lǣden rōt. Nū gif þū hine stæfian on ǣnige wīsan būtan “island,” þū bist wōh, forþām þæt is sēo wīs þe þæt word is gebrocen and understonden.

I encountered someone who was foaming at the mouth certain about how I was saying it wrong

And here you are. The circle is complete.

That’s why you had to spell it wrong in order to communicate that.

If everyone is speeding on a road and not constantly getting into accidents does that not indicate that the posted speed limit is incorrect?

I’m sorry, I see you just wanted to knock your straw man around and are unable to handle actual push back. I’ll leave you to it.

The Catholic Church

Catholics and Christians, while similar, go to different churches. So despite the fact that:

“Of their local church” is what [you] clearly stated

You are in fact associating them with people who do not attend “their local church”.

You think every church has pedos in it and you accuse me of building a straw man?

You are the people you associate with

Do they associate with people 2000 miles away? Or do they just like the same book?

Is everyone who enjoys Lord of the Rings responsible for the actions of other LotR fans?

Many of them do speak out against and actively oppose those who use religion as an excuse for bigotry.

Then some idiot responds with “No True Scotsman” and thinks they made a brilliant retort against someone who you would think they would be on the same side as.

There were 2 big things that cover 90% of things Jesus said in the Bible.

1. love people. Full stop. Yes, them too.
2. don’t listen to hypocrites that make up religious rules and tell you you have to obey them.

Are you stalking them around Lemmy to complain about their discord? Or did you go searching through their posting history for a whataboutism after they disagreed with you?

Either way it’s past time for you to touch grass.

When I first started using Linux I was impressed with how easily everything seemed to work. Then over time I started to get annoyed with all the things that I had no idea how to fix without looking up, and thought about going back to Windows.
Then I used windows again and was immediately reminded of all the stupid bullshit I had to constantly fight with and forgot about because that was just the norm when windows is the only OS you ever use.