Well, thank you, @ivanm7.
I'm sure there's more to add, but those points were the ones that seemed to make the most sense and were most present in my mind when I wrote this.
My hope is they seemed obvious. Sometimes, it's just a matter having them pointed out, or sitting down and thinking about it, as I did. There really is much more than one way of looking at things, and so, anyway, I figured I'd put it in a post instead of having it bounce around in my head.
It's amazing just what we base our opinions on, and how much those opinions can change, or actually strengthen, if we let in other opinions and voices.