The formatting of your post is a little messed up, Squashed, could you perhaps have a go at editing, to make it easier to read?

The apparent contradictions are just that - apparent.

It is certainly worth going through this, slowly, to nail down the pieces. However, in a nutshell, the contradictions come about because the posts are too terse - the detailed context of each phrase, or sentence, needs to be spelled (that would be a good start).