There is no area of thought that a Humanist is afraid to challenge and explore.
Humanists make no claims to possess or have access to supposed transcendent knowledge.
Therefore, when it comes to the question of the most valid means for acquiring knowledge, Humanists reject arbitrary faith, authority, revelation and altered states of consciousness. Humanists recognize that intuitive feelings, hunches, speculation, flashes of inspiration, emotions, and religious experience, while not valid means to acquire knowledge, remain useful sources of ideas that can lead us to new ways of looking at the world. These ideas, after they have been assessed rationally for their usefulness, can then be put to work, often as alternative approaches to solving problems. Humanists regard human values as making sense only in the context of human life rather than the unsubstantiated promise of some sort of continued existence after death. Humanists recognize the existence of moral dilemmas and the need for careful consideration of immediate and future consequences in ethical decision making.