Original sentence: Critical examination of these traditions, and beliefs growing out of them, may also reveal them to have many internal inconsistencies.Examples include the views many religions traditionally had towards solar and lunar eclipses, and the appearance of comets.Given current understanding in such fields as biology, psychology, chemistry and physics, to name only a few areas where our knowledge has increased dramatically, many critics — including Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Michel Onfray — contend that continuing to hold on to these idea systems is absurd and irrational.Religious systems attempted to address significant personal emotional issues and tried to explain a frightening existence, usually through a dramatic narrative outlining how the world, and/or their community, came to be.Stanford philosopher John McCarthy states, "We also have no need for [the hypothesis of God], because science has been successful, and science is the best approach to solving the mysteries that remain.These narratives were intended to give solace and a sense of relationship with larger forces
Edited sentence: Critical examination of these traditions, and beliefs growing out of them, also reveal them to be rife with internal inconsistencies.Examples of this would include the views many religions traditionally had towards solar and lunar eclipses or the appearance of comets.Given current understanding in such fields as biology, psychology, chemistry and physics, to name only a few areas where our knowledge has increased dramatically, these idea systems are no longer valid.Many critics, including Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Michel Onfray contend that continuing to hold on to these archaic traditions and regulations, despite the expanding fields of knowledge contradicting them, is absurd and irrational.See Constantinian shift and Caesaropapism for examples from early Christianity.These narratives were also intended to give solace and a sense of relationship with larger forces.These social constructs also attempted to address significant personal emotional issues and tried to explain a frightening existence, usually through a dramatic narrative outlining how the world, and/or their community, came to be.These systems also served to validate their traditions and power structures