“The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.” RunningCultureChallengesDedicationPunkThreadAuthoritarian Government Author:Greg Graffin
“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.” PeopleChristianChallengesModernExtremesTheologyVersionsIronyContradictionCriticizePointingSecularismChristian Theology Author:Greg Graffin
“You can look at Bad Religion, and, really, almost everything I've ever done was an exercise in creativity. I've always had a desire to challenge and question authority, and that's where the fire inside comes from. I challenged authority out of a desire to make things better, not to be nihilistic about it.” LooksDoneDesireChallengesCreativityFireExerciseAuthorityFire Inside Author:Greg Graffin
“Creativity is a challenge. It requires us to be fully human -- autonomous yet engaged, independent yet interdependent. Creativity bridges the conflict between our individualistic and our sociality. It celebrates the commonality of our species while simultaneously setting us apart as unique individuals.” HumansIndividualChallengesCreativityConflictUniqueIndependentSpeciesSettingSettingsCelebrateBridgesEngagedAutonomousCommonalityIndividualisticUnique Individuals Author:Greg Graffin
“It’s a similar feeling from being in a community of punk rockers as a teenager and the feeling I still get today when I’m in a community of skeptical scientists. The idea with both is that you challenge authority, you challenge the dogma. You challenge the doctrine in order to make progress. The thrill of science is the process. It’s a social process. It’s a process of collective discovery. It’s debate, it’s experimentation and it’s verification of claims that might be false. It’s the greatest foundation for a society.” StillsIdeasFeelingsMightTodayOrderSocialProcessCommunityChallengesProgressAuthorityDiscoveryScientistClaimsFoundationDebateDoctrineTeenagerCollectivesPunkDogmaThrillSkepticalExperimentationPunk RockRockersVerification Author:Greg Graffin
“Science is very vibrant. There are always new observations to be found. And it's all in the interest in challenging the authority that came before you. That's consistent with the punk rock ethos that suggests that you should not take what people say at face value.” PeopleShouldFacesValuesFoundInterestChallengesRocksAuthorityObservationConsistentPunkPunk RockEthosFace Value Author:Greg Graffin
