God, religion, science, nature, culture, and morality

"Most of us have never bothered to find out why we believe what we believe. That's especially true for our thoughts and convictions about religion. Perhaps we were otherwise too engaged. Perhaps we simply adopted what our elders and peers appeared to believe. Whatever the case, isn't it time for us all to examine matters of religiosity more carefully? At least we-a bunch of retired professors, no longer absorbed by professional duties-thought the time had come to ponder why we had taken so much for granted"--Amazon.com.