Do we have to go back to superficial internet theology. This stuff you write has been gone over and over again by theologians of every Christian stripe.
At the end of the day we revert to the fundamental question: Who’s interpretation must we take? I’ll take Petrine authority over yours, mine, or any of the corner street foursquare church pastors, as have a galaxy of theologians, the early Church fathers, a constellation of converts to Catholicism, and of course the saints, martyrs, and stigmatists of the Church.
You could have just said you can’t answer the questions and that you put your full faith and trust in some stranger.
How do you feel about Augustine's authority?