Welcome to EvC jjsemsch.
Your post is clearly laid out an everyone appreciates that.
However, I'd like to suggest that when you lift ideas from some source that you credit the source you lifted them from. I'd also suggest that you then do a bit of searching around on the web to see if those have been discussed somewhere else and perhaps that there is additional information on the topic.
You're going to find that your picture of abiogenisis is a bit out of date.
You will find that this is a good place to learn though. Some individuals here actually have some expertise in many of the things discussed (though I'm pretty sure we have no one doing research into the orgins of life).
Enjoy your visits. Thanks for dropping in.