Yes, I agree, let's end this now. You can't really earn gear if it's random. Example: I did the Nightfall solo, got all the kills and invited my friend at the end to get rewards. I got an unfriendly giant (my third or fourth) and he got Praxic Fire, a piece that I wanted. He didn't get a kill or anything, did he earn it? No. I am also glad that he did get something good out of this though and I'm not here complaining that he got something better than me, just using an example to show how he 'earned it' through RNG.
Another thing is that I don't get my coins all from the weekly. I might actually get more from decoding engrams. I literally do Tiger strikes and store them up until my vault is full and then decode them. I get at least between 5-7 coins per go and it only takes about an hour and a half on good days to fill it up.
Which of these two seems more earned?