Greg Graffin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I'm trying to champion the naturalist's worldview and show it's not as heathen as most religious people would make it out to be.”

“If you can believe in God, then you can believe in anything. It's a gang mentality.”

“Naturalism teaches one of the most important things in this world. There is only this life, so live wonderfully and meaningfully.”

“Every place has its own punk flavor, but they all borrowed ideas from SoCal. It's still a vibrant scene creeping into every crevasse of youth culture. When you hear grunge, you think of the '90s, but when you hear L.A. punk, it's timeless.”

“I want some fact-based evidence about where we came from. Things we consider mysterious need not be attributed to a deity.”

“I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man.”

“Bad Religion has never been about criticizing people who are Christian. But we've always been about pointing out the irony and contradictions in Christian theology and the more extreme versions of Christians that seek to challenge modern secularism.”

“If you go back far enough and get a wider enough picture of history, we have let go of many things that follow a religious narrative. We don't burn witches anymore. Most people would consider that barbaric. We don't sacrifice human beings, which was a religious act practiced by numerous cultures on this planet.”

“It's been an objective of mine since I started writing songs to include both intellect and energy.”

“I don't bill myself as an atheist but as a naturalist. Naturalism is a belief system. A lot of scientists bristle at that. We all have to believe we can find the truth. Evidence is my guide. I rely on observation, experimentation and verification.”