Why do Atheists defend Islam?

[God of Mr. Hanky]

Didn't say he wasn't war-like, he was every bit what the Jews who invented him were. So was any society at the time which would not be enslaved by others - in days where social ideas were far less developed and the consequences of failure were far more harsh, you would do unto others or they would do you. Again, you try and hijack the point, which is that one story was about a group raising their people from the ashes, while the other was about how good it is to be a man!

There are both good and bad regarding Mohammad. He wasn't what I would consider a decent person at all (I personally would not get along with either Moses or Mohammad), but his life wasn't just about him being "a man". An example of good deeds he did was to show respect and support for the less fortunate (poor, orphans, widows). He can also be seen as a hero who endured years of persecution but then prevailed over the persecutors.

You see Moses as a saint compared to Mohammad, but it really is all a matter of perspective.

Or maybe I see the comparison between Mo and Mo as the differential influences which they have had on their respective cultures.

What matters is what each has become under the influence of their respective leaders, both good and bad - and it goes without saying that the stronger Islam becomes in the Middle East, the more they slide back toward Stone Age culture. But then I probably shouldn't denigrate Stone Age people, chances are their women were strong, and would kick you awake in the morning yelling "BITCH - GO HUNT ME UP SOME MEAT FOR MY STEW!!!"  Jews, on the other hand slide into an abyss of neurosis the more they pay attention to the Talmud. Can't say the same if they pay attention only to the Torah, not that I idolize Moses as you say.