Where are the rebuttals?
There are very few. Within the religious community, opinions by secular authors are often not given much weight. This is also related to the fact that the secular view (again, the critics is supposed to be the secular one, as opposed to “religious”. Unacceptable biais.) has been given very little exposure in the media, Hitchens’ Hell’s Angel being a notable exception. It appears that the Catholic Church does not care much about refuting accusations which are not widely known, perhaps an understandable position. This has the unfortunate side effect of overrepresenting the secular point of view. However, Wikipedia has no obligation to invent rebuttals, nor can we presume that they exist if the concerned institution or person does not defend itself. But we have to consider that rebuttals are not only arguments stated in sentences written on paper. Action can be the best rebuttal to critics. There are many historical controversies about persons who are long dead, such as Thomas Jefferson a
