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Except for all the issues with either the cosmology or real religions that causes.
No more than there is with Ancient Egyptian religion, really. Or than there are between different faiths in Golarion. I think we have at least 5 or 6 mutually contradictory creation myths so far.
Either the Christian God is just one god among many, which means at the very best all his earthly followers are very mistaken about his nature, or he is the Supreme Creator, the only true God and nearly everything we know about Golarion's cosmology goes out the window.
The same could be said about several pre-existing Golarion deities. Not to the same extent, certainly, but several have conflicting stories about how particular events occurred.
The two easy interpretations for the Judaeo-Christian God are that:
A. He is one deity among many. Nowhere in the Bible do God or Jesus contradict this in their own words. If you accept that he's not omnipotent, well, people got carried away with some of his 'I'm the best deity' stuff, and as Earth is something of a magic-free zone (and has been for awhile) nobody can cast commune and get a correction.
B. He really did create everything. The Deities of Golarion are, in reality, Saints, Angels, and the fallen equivalents thereof. God chooses to use this system on Golarion and a more direct administration on Earth because he works in mysterious ways.
Dealer's choice which you go with, really (though I prefer the first option).
What does "accept Jesus Christ as their Personal Lord and Savior" even mean in the context of Pharasma anyway?
Depends on which version of the above you go with.
If A, then good worshipers of their chosen deity always go to that God's home on whatever plane it's on. So...she sends you on to the Christian Heaven if you've been a good Christian.
If B, then all the upper planes are presumably different parts of Heaven, and Pharasma is an Angel high in the Lord's service and sending souls to their appointed rewards is her job.
Which is why it's best to keep modern real world religions out of the setting.
I generally agree regarding real world religions with large followings, especially the published and official one. There's nothing inherently problematic about it except how some people would react, though, which makes it fine for home games if used carefully.
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I think not having real world religions in Pathfinder is more 'Keep us from being sued into bankruptcy' than anything else.That would be true if one made the sort of mistakes that TSR made back in the day with Cthulhu mythos and Melnibonean mythos. There are no similar copyright issues with older mythologies.
Doing stuff about, say, Christianity, a religion currently believed in by billions, could cause a host of legal problems. Would it? Maybe not, but all you need are a few of the wrong people to get offended...