I would have given a full rebuttal to some (not all) of your 8 points, but find points 2 & 4 rather interesting.
  1. Characters in the said books are fictitious and no historical records can confirm their absolute existence.
  2. Good priests can't make therapists and psychologists as they're inclined to spirituality, rather than empirical working mechanisms (physical, cchemical, and biological) of our minds and bodies.