1) does that excuse muhammad's massacres in any way ? Or should I answer with pointing out that atheists are responsible for the biggest massacres of the 20th c

1) does that excuse muhammad's massacres in any way ? Or should I answer with pointing out that atheists are responsible for the biggest massacres of the 20th century perhaps (ie. the communist "opium for the people" folks) 2) you're mostly showing ignorance, as "mostly proverbs" does not apply at all to islamic texts. Random example : http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/hadith/bukhari/083-sbt.php http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/hadith/bukhari/0... Different religions are different (surprising how controversial such an obvious truth can be). 3) Given that you're comparing moral parables ("lies to convey a greater truth" I've heard it defined, like fairy tales) to actual events, your point is reversed.