Looking for an explination about religion, can anyone help?

Sorry to hear that you're going through stress with the working out of your health, having an operation and understandably...thoughts about the afterlife. This kind of discussion would be wonderful when you have an hour over a cup of coffee. A forum like this is so limiting...but at least let's get the "conversation" started. First all of your questions are valid...Adam and Eve, story of Noah's ark, Muslims practices and treatment of women....what I would say to you is that this in the end is not about an intellectual exercise. Even if I could answer all of your questions point by point...then new questions would come up. The largest issue here (I believe) is relationship. If you know God...then that trumps all of the intellectual questions b/c after all ...dying is not so much an intellectual exercise is it? Dying is about facing a "journey". When I die I will no longer be here. Where will I be? I cannot push a button, sprinkle some fairy dust or any such thing to get God to "perform". My first encouragement is to go to Him. I'm serious...all of these questions and things you're thinking about...no pretending...just lay it all out in front of Him. (After all if he is who He claims to be...He can handle all of that and more.) Ask Him to clarify some of these things and be truthful about your skepticism or fear (or both). The second encouragement is to find a live human who you trust who you could sit face to face with and have a conversation. These are very important questions. I hope that even in a small way this is helpful.