Hello Christopher,
Since you have directed this thread to me, I'll give you the courtesy of an answer.

I can spend all day with responses, but that wont change your particular view of things, so I wont even attempt to. So, in response, all I have to say is, to paraphrase Shakespeare, is:

There are more things in heaven and earth, Christopher,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Musical theory, as in any theory is just that. Theory. And that leaves plenty of room to interpret what you believe to be fact.

Why don't we simply agree to disagree on certain things and leave it at that?