Religion issue..need some guidence?

OK heres my issue, I was raised a Christian, believed, and did one year of Bible college. But after that year I began to raise questions. I read a tonne of books, and noticed that many christian's if not all have a different view of God and the Christian religion. Especially views on the end times (where a lot of Christians draw the more similar view, ex. rapture) I found that this view never became prevelant until the 1800's and than than popularized by guys like Tim Lahaye ( I cant remember his predecessor). Also what about Muslims, Bhuddist's etc all the other religions that truly believe as much as christians that they can feel thier god and everything that they believe. I mean that discourages me, I hear Christians that sau they hear God and see angels, and Muslims and Jews that say the same(yet all views outside of blieving in one god and totally different).I need some clarity and help, what do you guys think?