A lot of philosophy is bull***t, but a lot of it is what we write songs about too. And it's organizing your thoughts, organizing your intellect.

We delude ourselves into believing that morality comes from somewhere else, whereas in reality we behave as we've been told to behave.

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.

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.

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

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 there is no destiny, there is no design. There's only life and death. My goal is to learn about life by living it, not by trying to figure out a cryptic plan that the Creator had in store for me.