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After reading through this entire thread I will say it has been interesting, to say the least. A few observations from me:

The way I see it is that religion is culture driven. If an American child from a Christian family had been adopted by a Middle Eastern family as an infant, he would be a Muslim today. That's what his parents and their culture would teach him.

Regardless of what religion is discussed, it all boils down to FAITH. Muslims have to have faith that what Muhammad has said and written is a fact. Christians have to have faith that what Paul and the other Apostles wrote is fact. Jews have to have faith that the Torah is fact. Is Muhammad actually the messenger of God, or did he make it all up? Is Jesus really the Son of God, or is that story an invention of Paul and other Bibical writers? Are the Jews correct in assuming the Messiah has not yet arrived? All religions are built on one's having faith in what they have been exposed to and taught. And faith revolves around where one is born and lives. Indians are Hindu, many people of the orient are Buddahist, Middle Easterners are Muslim...some Jewish and Christian as well.
It's a matter of culture upbringing, what religious doctrines you are taught, and then faith has to take it from there.

Finally, it is ludricous for anyone to say what religion is THE ONE, and which one's are fake. How are any of us to 100% know that? All religions need 3 components to succeed: culture teachings, faith, and fear of the unknown.