Modern science rejects any view that human values arise from the supernatural. Value does not arise out of a mistaken belief in immortality or reincarnation. Our lives have meaning and value because we can create and develop our futures. Secular Humanists oppose any oppressive influences on the free thinking mind of man by clerical or ecclesiastical authority as well as by political ideologies that attempt to restrain free thought. The universe is self-existing and has not been created.
Mankind is a part of nature and has emerged as a result of continuous, natural evolutionary forces.
The totality of the personality can be scientifically accounted for through the biological transactions of organisms in a social and cultural environment. Our influence on the future is comprised of the influences we have on our progeny and other members of our culture. Secular Humanism Secular Humanists, being free from supernaturalism, recognize that the values human beings hold are rooted in their human experiences and in their culture. They oppose any absolute standards, though objective principles of moral conduct may emerge in the course of ethical deliberation. Ethics are individualistic and situational.