so it seems we are back to "religion is
not moot, one must find the correct religion to please God."
So please explain to me how muslims can find salvation in that dogma that says Christ did not so much as die on a cross.

poor Mike, still trying to convince me that all Muslims are lost. Heck no, i am not Muslim, and i am not trying to defend Muslims i do not know, even as an academic exercise. I will let you do that, but you will be found to be a hypocrite when you cannot explain Lazarus' salvation, or the GS's, or the thief on the cross, or the others, and you work so hard to reason away the Scripture that probably explains these, because of course they do not fit into your doctrine.
So then you must either concede a point--which is not in your nature--or become disingenuous in your replies in order to hide your hypocrisy, when wouldn't it be much easier to just admit that judging others displays a lack of humility, and you don't truly know everything about salvation? Like the seeker in Scripture admitted? "Who then can be saved?"