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I am curious as to how religious people reconcile these facts.

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Taking a stab, I'd guess the true answer is along the lines of "ignorance is bliss." Christians that I have talked to are quick to denounce other religions, when asked for details they generally know very little about other religious teachings except that "they are wrong and we are right." The same thing can be said of many people of other faiths.

"We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
-H. L. Mencken