mAGNIFICIENT: NICE POST BUT I WOULD, sorry caps, like to correct 2 things, Monotheism (Belief in only 1 God) is the original religion, Abraham, Jesus and Mohamed were monotheists, Abraham and Mohamed CREATED Judaism and Islam, Jesus, in a certain form, was used to create Christianism, like you have found out, "more than one faith can be a path to salvation".
As you state later on your article, "Since many religions arose from a desire for political power, prestige, and popular acceptance rather than a desire to please God ",
Monotheism was splitted in several religions, to please some populations that intended to be seen as different and also their leaders so they could be seen by their citizens has the holders of trueth.

2nd- The Bible isn't the only book talking the trueth, Qur'an and the Torah also talk trueth, but like the Bible, they were written by Humans that made several contradictions and even some offend God, saying that he asks Humans to do things that God/Allah has done previouslly.

I'll continue later

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ