I have great hope and faith, but it's a humanistic faith based in facts you have to believe that facts exist. And some people actually worship nature, which is too wishy-washy because-like a lot of religious believers-they don't depend on facts. Some people just like to be close to nature. How is this different than "spiritual but not religious"? I call myself a naturalist as opposed to an atheist, but there are different styles.
You've criticized theism for three decades, but ultimately found contentment through naturalism. The Dissent of Man, and his first book, Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God, were both released on September 28. (Not exactly Sid Vicious, this guy.) His band's fifteenth album, But in his spare time, Graffin-who received a doctorate from Cornell and a lifetime achievement award from the Harvard Secular Society-teaches evolutionary biology at UCLA and scrutinizes the mysteries of the fossil record. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.For thirty years Greg Graffin has fronted the punk rock band Bad Religion, which revolutionized the genre and paved the way for the likes of Green Day with its intricate harmonies and thought-provoking lyrics.
Bad Religion die-hards, newer fans won over during the band’s 30th Anniversary Tour, and anyone interested in this increasingly important debate should check out this treatise on science from the god of punk rock. Alongside science writer Steve Olson (whose Mapping Human History was a National Book Award finalist) Graffin delivers a powerful discussion sure to strike a chord with readers of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion or Christopher Hitchens God Is Not Great. Take another man who wonders whether vertebrates arose in rivers or in the ocean.Put them together, what do you get? Greg Graffin, and this uniquely fascinating book.” -Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and SteelĪnarchy Evolution is a provocative look at the collision between religion and science, by an author with unique authority: UCLA lecturer in Paleontology, and founding member of Bad Religion, Greg Graffin. “Take one man who rejects authority and religion, and leads a punk band.
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