despite the name of the band, the members say they are not anti-religious. greg graffin says that more often than not, the band likes to use religion to represent anything that does not let a person be free. their songs are more about being against everyone being the same than against religion or god. but greg graffin is an atheist. he helped write the book 'is belief in god good, bad or irrelevant?' the band's bassist jay bentley has stated that he has spiritual beliefs. brett gurewitz is a "provisional deist."