![]() ![]() ![]() Though this juxtaposition of science and music may at first seem incongruous, the two have actually fed off of each other through the course of his professional career. What is less well known is that Graffin has a PhD in Zoology from Cornell, and teaches life sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. Graffin is best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the influential band, Bad Religion. I’ll never know if he was truly a fan of the punk rock band Bad Religion or simply liked the message the shirt conveyed, but I thought of him when I started reading Greg Graffin’s new four-in-one book, Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science and Bad Religion in a World Without God. ![]() Far be it for me to jump to conclusions, but the man wearing that shirt was probably more of a Star Trek convention goer than a frequenter of punk rock shows (not to say the two are mutually exclusive). One of my fondest memories from all the atheist and humanist conferences I’ve attended involves seeing a bespectacled, middle-aged man proudly sporting a t-shirt that had a black cross on a white background, with a red slash through it and the words “BAD RELIGION” underneath. ![]()
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