What do Humanists believe?
Humanists believe that life is a naturally occurring process in the universe and that humans and human consciousness evolved on earth in an undirected, unsupervised natural process in the same way as all other life on the planet. We believe humans will share with all other life the same ultimate fate. Humanists believe that the application of human reason and the methods of science are the best means for the discovery of truth about the universe and ourselves. We reject the notion that the application of reason to any or all areas of human concern is in any sense vain or arrogant, and we require that all claims to truth be supported by credible, verifiable evidence. We reject the idea that blind faith in the unverifiable supernatural is a virtue superior to affirmation of only that which can be confirmed by reason and repeatable experience. Humanists believe that ALL morality and values have their source in human experience and are subject to human critique and amendment. Humanists bel
