It's nuanced. I'm not defending the modern rigorous dogma and all that.

I'm looking at the word Islam. That's it dude.

Have you ever played a game of "telephone" before? Some call it "Chinese whispers". The signal gets distorted in transmission my man to man through time.

I'm looking at the origin. That's when the word was coined.

I'm not looking at the modern collection of teachings. That wasn't my point at all. I literally was only focused on the word. In the beginning was the word dude. Why is that the word? There's a reason.

Yeah, every religious tradition has lost it's shit and gone off the rails some since the founding. That's what happens and if you think your religion is immune, that's pure ego talking.

Names, labels, and words are very important. They're telling.